From the Editor's Desk AI embodies hypotheticals I can only imagine for myself. But I believe human impediments are what lead us to create meaningful art.The scrolls lay inside glass cases. On one, the writing was jagged; on others, swirling or steady. I was at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, admiring centuries-old Chinese calligraphy that, the wall text told me, was meant to contain the life forceâqiâof the calligrapher expressed through each brushstroke. Though I couldn't read the language, I was moved to see the work of writers who lived hundreds of years ago, whose marks still seemed to say something about the creators long after they'd passed. |
Wednesday 8th May 2024
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