Tag: aiart
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Family

How far back in your family tree can you go? When thinking of my family tree I think of a branching binary chart. Each ancestor necessarily has two parents so over the aeons this tree expands to branches and twigs. I envisage a grand oak in full leaf. The extent of my knowledge is however…
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Rain

Setting out for evening walk,dusk came early.Think it’s going to rain. “Nah, it’s only spitting.It’ll be ok.We’ll go anyway.” Wind gusts tear through the oaks.Fretting, churning, breakinglike great beach waves. “Ohwell,it’s not too bad,Hope it doesn’t get worse.” Cold streaking drops increase.Dense grey haze of wet air,between dark twisting trees. “This is bad,It’s too windy!Hood…
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On writing

Why do you write? I write because I read,and follow the ways.A script conveysso much over time and space. Mostly I take notesto help me rememberthings I’m learning,and lists to forget. (Stuff to do and getwhen consigned to a listclears thoughts stuckin recurring loops.) Recipes to followwhen I cook new foodsand keep in a collection.if…
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Joy

What brings you joy in life? It is a great gift and a mystery and one to be ready for. It can take you by surprise,be invoked by the smallest things. Then recalling the pleasure of it can last a lifetime. To experience joy makes life worth living, indeed seems like it is what it’s…
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Memory

My earliest memory is of sunlight and blueness under a kitchen table. The bright white light was transformed as it streamed in through a high window and gathered a blue haze about itself from cupboards and floor. I felt this small domain to be a calm and soothing place and my friend, a large black…