I don’t think AI is killing writing, but I do think it’s wounding our pride. The reaction fascinates me: equal parts awe, insecurity, and prophecy. This poem lives in that tension — between tool and identity, speed and meaning.
Posts tagged creativity
I’m Supposed to Care If You Used AI to Write That? |
The Day Clarity Turned into Suspicion
Writers everywhere (especially on social media) insist they can identify AI writing immediately. That we recognize it by its clarity, structure, and polish. But haven’t those always been the hallmarks of competent prose. This essay explores the panic over AI and how it says more about our myths around writing than it does about the writing itself.
Six Strings, Borrowed Air |
Where Sound Becomes Movement
Six strings, borrowed air, and a body that remembers before the mind does. This poem explores how sound turns into movement, how resistance generates music, and how meaning is experienced—quietly, physically, and beyond language or technique.
Kintsugi Me: Seeking Beauty in My Breakage |
Right Piece. Wrong Puzzle.
At 51, after 2 strokes and decades of misfit labor, I’m learning to embrace my flaws. Like kintsugi, my breakage and repair tell a story—my story—of struggle, survival, and the art of becoming whole again.
Perhaps Curiosity Is My Passion
We’re told to “find our passion,” but what if passion isn’t the point? Let’s explore the power of curiosity — the drive to question, understand, and keep learning — as a lifelong source of meaning and wonder. Perhaps curiosity, not passion, is what truly fuels us.