Year: 2023
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Winter to Summer in One Week
He (winter) lingered until today, pushed away abruptly by he (summer) who is predicted to make an appearance, as signalled by a high of 18C and a message from Weed Man informing they will also arrive to fertilize the lawn.
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Lambs?
Walking home last week and I was reminded of the old adage for March is in like a lion, out like a lamb. Hopeful but not reliable.
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Family Monuments
My uncle was born in Detroit on April 29th, 1923. In October of the same year, he moved with his parents to their home town, Sonneberg Germany. On September 29, 1929 they landed in Toronto, along with my father who was born in Sonneberg. Bill boarded a train in Toronto on its way to California…
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Monuments #1
in: Documentary
Monuments are: A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical, political, technical or architectural importance. Some of the first monuments…
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Questions Raised by AI-Generated Art
The deployment and use of Artificial Intelligence is raising a lot of questions and concerns, in a wide number of industries and more broadly its role in our lives. Specific to art and photography, some of the questions that I wonder about include: What is the role of the artist; who is the author? Is…