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| I Have Found Fear, RTomens, 2026 |
I was wondering if Taylor Swift liked visual poetry so I asked AI and here's what it said...
My private joke now exposed to the world! Have I no shame? I found the answer amusing; the way AI twisted the genre to fit Taylor Swift. Of course, yes, another medium can provide examples of 'visual poetry'. Tarkovsky in film, Van Morrison's Astral Weeks etc. To my surprise, the reference above to Swift's Tortured Poets Department lead me to the video for the single and her lyric captured below.
Who indeed. She's known some bohemians has Taylor. Well, the character in the song has. Perhaps her reference to and use of a typewriter in the video boosted the typewriter's popularity? Have sales rocketed worldwide now? Do Swifties plague their parents for a typewriter? Would they actually use it more than once? They do make nice home decorations, don't they? That is true. I don't blame anyone for succumbing to the lure of a lovely-looking machine just to put on top of their sideboard. Mine's a bit big, though, for a decorative object. And, let's be honest, too ugly.
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I designed this poster for London Interzone. I'm not sure how many tickets are left for each day.
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May you always remember that you are more than your answers –
ReplyDeletethat your doubts are sacred, and your silence full of meaning.
May you see the flower without explaining it,
and use the machine without becoming like it.
May you not be afraid of the screen,
but neither get lost in it –
may it rather be a mirror that points you back to your own depth.
And if technology ever makes you feel superfluous,
then remember: you are not measurable.
You were not made to always be better and faster.
You are present, unique, and irreplaceable –
not because you know everything,
but because you can choose to love,
even when it is illogical.
Then move forward peacefully –
not faster, but deeper.
And let your humanity
remain the greatest technology of all.