Poetry and innovation

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The strong point of poetry (or even prose, as in novels and such) is that they energize the reader's imagination to supply the missing inputs (sight, sound, smell, touch).  We're poorer without it - not poorer in those inputs, but in being able to express them to others as well as, referentially, to ourselves.

And when we're wired for direct emotional or interpretational transfer?  Some seem that way already.  Maybe the mismatch between people, which written word only partially bridges, is important.  Learning to connect can't be replaced by plug-and-play.

I got so caught up in the opportunities I didn't even consider this

Kind of like a "just because we can doesn't mean we should" scenario.  I don't think I would be interested in having animations or images to my poetry anymore than having it put on a placemat or a coffee mug but I am still considering illustrating my children's book

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The strong point of poetry (or even prose, as in novels and such) is that they energize the reader's imagination to supply the missing inputs (sight, sound, smell, touch).  We're poorer without it - not poorer in those inputs, but in being able to express them to others as well as, referentially, to ourselves.

And when we're wired for direct emotional or interpretational transfer?  Some seem that way already.  Maybe the mismatch between people, which written word only partially bridges, is important.  Learning to connect can't be replaced by plug-and-play.

I got so caught up in the opportunities I didn't even consider this

Kind of like a "just because we can doesn't mean we should" scenario.  I don't think I would be interested in having animations or images to my poetry anymore than having it put on a placemat or a coffee mug but I am still considering illustrating my children's book

Also, with TikTok, video really is taking over everything and people are spending hours a day just scrolling away - glazed over.  They call it doom scrolling.  Not great.

So, I fiddled around with AI and after about 2 hours and dozens of prompts, I managed to come up with a look I was satisfied with but after the cover and the first page, I received a notice that I had used up my quota of the free version.  I may go back and do the rest and then post the whole thing to the site to see what you think, here is the cover and first page