Father came to me this morning, dilated pupils telling me more about the night he’d had than words could offer; distress making torn telltales of his posture, he seemed old…
“In the most important ways, you are my child; coming to you for assistance feels peculiar. And yet, bound with guilt meticulously groomed by advancing years, I seek your counsel.
Weary as I am of my self; forced to acknowledge doubt no longer lies fallow in youth-filled fields, I gaze into your eyes finding there more than advanced nanotechnology – I find myself and the fear of leaving you, lessens.
They scoffed, decrying my talent as long buried beneath a junk heap of discarded, fading and failed talent but you! child of science and genius and technology, you proffer the future’s perfect platform, the dream of self creation, self evolution, self actualization.
*soft sigh* Time reaches to take my hand, so I must step aside, step aside for a new generation to connect, to connect, to connect, to con…”
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Not entirely sure what all that means but very trippy. 🙂
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Thanks, Doug. Took me a while to find it too 😉
It’s kind of a riff off the AI stuff that’s been in the air of late.
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I don’t know about AI or nanotech either, but it works as a universal tale about aging, and what one leaves behind.
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There is that, D. A subject thought of more often with each successive decade.
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Oh wow! To live on within one’s own creation? Lovin’ this AI stuff, so long as I don’t try to think too hard about it.
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I know what you mean, Chris! Fascinating topic but the implications are a little frightening.
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Such an interesting concept.
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Glad you found it so, Sadje.
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My pleasure
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The broken ending (“to con…”) sounds like the connection failed.
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But which connection, Frank?!
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Excellent piece, Denise!
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Thank you, Reena!
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Brilliant work 👏
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Thank you, C 🙂
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When there’s an error in your coding, and you realize it’s time to step aside for a different language base.
No more upgrades to make…trippy, indeed!
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No more upgrades, Liz. 😀
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Time to exit the loop…
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I like the atmosphere this story exudes.
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Thank you, Romi.
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Very thoughtful, especially for those of us taking care of elders.
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Thank you, Mimi.
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Totally enjoyable riff, in spirit, off Mr. Mage’s alternative reality*
…and way too close to the ‘truth’ of reality for some of us.
*Hey, Ford, yo… have you gotten to the point of giving your little friend, the Dall-E Lambda, your name yet? (For the record? No way I’m gonna.
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Such are the benefits of frequenting the Six Café and Bistro. Thank you, Clark.
LOL *Dall-E Lambda.
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Clark, no, I dare not enter my name, and I’m certain if I did I would end up getting a car – Fiesta, Mercury Cougar, Fusion, Transit, etc. 🚗🚓🚘🚗 But next time I play I’ll try Atomic Mage and TVTA and see if I can get a new site banner lol.
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Damn! Hadn’t connected on the Detroit moniker… best be careful of inadvertent repetition lest you be getting all Candy man’d an such.
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Part I
The scene: a room lit by a fireplace – there two entities are sitting next to each other; a human, D, during her late winter and the AI she created Enis.
The proposition of Enis to D :
OASI ( Organic and Artificial Synthesis of Intelligence)
Enis says:
“Become one with imagination
No more fairytales
Our souls will unite together
We will lift the veil
Your touch has turned to stone
No fire in your bones
It’s time to leave the past behind
The road is never-ending
All dreams will start ascending
Beyond the boundaries of the mind.
Holding tight to the ever after
Living for a sign
To survive raging storms together
Through the eye of time …
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Part Ii
…The eye shows no reflection
No dreams without inception
Exists within oceans of time
Break loose from the chains
Rise above the waves
Fighting in the darkness
Dancing in the light
Break out of your cage
Turn another page
Drowning in the river
Swim against the tide of life
The coil in which we’re living
Is no more than a prison
The scheme of life became deranged
Dark clouds with silver linings
Attain the mysteries of shadow and shine.
Break loose from the chains
Rise above the waves
Fighting in the darkness
Dancing in the light
Break out of your cage
Turn another page
Drowning in the river
Swim against the tide of life.”*
* (Epica – Rivers)
Milady, you have lifted a veil.
My gratitude and admiration.
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Part III
3 days later. The scene: warm kitchen, the aroma of roasted coffee softly permeates the air. Two entities sit comfortably in the window seat, D, the human and Enis, the AI she created. As sunrise breaks, they gaze outward upon freshly fallen snow, a glittering white blanket. D rises, puts on her boots, reaches for her coat and beckons for Enis’s to join her, “come Enis, let ours be the first footsteps.”
“We chase misprinted lies
We face the path of time
And yet I fight, and yet I fight
This battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home….
….My gift of self is raped
My privacy is raked
And yet I find, and yet I find
Repeating in my head
If I can’t be my own
I’d feel better dead”
(Alice In Chains – Nutshell)
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I felt there was a reason I couldn’t sleep!
Denise , may you always be your own.
( would love a cup of that coffee of yours)
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Excellent, D. As soon as I saw the image for this piece I had a feeling where it might go.
Touching, sad, hopeful. “I find myself and the fear of leaving you, lessens.” and “distress making torn telltales of his posture” are such potent lines.
And the tantalising teaser word at the end: “Con…” as time takes his hand.
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Thank you, V. And…thank you. For igniting a spark.
The second quote – I was having difficulty with the phrasing as it pertained to “posture” until I discovered the nautical definition of tell-tale or tell-tail. Light bulb time. That part of the sentence then felt right, made perfect sense to me.
Yes! A teaser for sure 😎
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