The Grass.

The poem by Walt Whitman, and I like it thanks to John Green.

"They are alive and well somewhere;
The smallest sprouts show there is really no death,
And if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait
at the end to arrest it,
And ceased the moment life appeared.

All goes onward and outward. . . .and nothing collapses,
And to die is different from what any one supposed, and
luckier. "

Photo taken sitting on the grass outside the library.

Paige Railstone

I'm so glad I found that link hidden deep in My Pants. (Nerdfighter in-joke)

Paige is just so beautiful and so innovative. Here's to you Miss Railstone. I love you!
Don't let life keep you hidden for too long.

Ghost 28.1.09 by Gackt

Dear Gackt,
Congratulations on your latest single Ghost. It is a most interesting vision of breathing machines. To breathe is 'respire', to expire is to die or to breathe out. And to inspire is to breathe in another's spirit.

Respire, expire, inspire. All three words speak to me of life and spirit, and yet machines to not have breath to speak with, no spirit to tell us of. Excepting when humans give them a voice, like in Ghost. I can think of no better voice than yours.

Long ago, it was believed that inspiration came from other people's breath, that their spirit and ideas were transferred through the air. It will be an interesting day when machines breathe.

-Adieu, we will never meet.

I have wondered what an A.I. would first ask, once given a voice to speak with. Given our past record on interaction, I think humans will only truly recognise that the 'ghost in the machine' is 'alive' once it can tell us, in it's own voice, how it feels and thinks. Until then, machines with AI will be considered slaves to our will, lesser and not worthy of rights, much like animals are now, though that's a different ethical topic, and I will speak on it later.

DFTBA - J-Fault

Dear World

Dear World,
I love you. There is so much that inspires me. So much so that I wish to make a blog that details how all of my creative exploits are directly or indirectly inspired by the things I find in the world. So, in a way it's all about me and my creations, but in a way, it's about all the people and places that were just so good that they made me want to make the world a better place, even if just a little. To my friends and family, random acquaintances and net denizens, you may or may not know who you are, I thank you all now, and intend to thank each inspiration directly as I make a project from it.

I find inspiration here, there and everywhere in the oddest places, but mostly on-line. So my first post is dedicated to Google: A big faceless corporation that's also my home page and reference tool of first resort. Please continue to 'don't be evil' for a very long time, you're very powerful, wield yourself benevolently.


May be a good time to mention that the greatness of what inspired me is in no way a reflective of what I produce, and vice versa.

DFTBA - J-Fault.