his argument is the dichotomy between higher and higher fidelity reproduction and revelation of a new truth and but the writers I know believe that, to paraphrase Ursula K. Le Guin, they’re trying to say in words what cannot be said in words, that they’re seeking to give form to that which only existed without form in the collective unconscious, that they’re trying to show readers a truth they didn’t even know they wanted through a tapestry of lies.
he says AI will obviously win the former and cannot win the latter.
I am not so sure
my cover art.
his metric.
“does the reproduction match my expectations.”
well no, even though I expressed pretty clearly what I wanted, the image fundamentally surprised me. the reflection of jerusalem in the sword carried a layered meaning I had not even considered.


