Prometheus was a Titan who created humanity from clay and defied the gods by stealing heavenly fire to give to the people. He taught men to cheat the gods.
But he could also look into the future, and knew that in the end, he would be punished, and Zeus would win.
“All of life is a foreign country.”
—Kerouac
“I am a ghost, and as far as I know I haven’t even died.”
—Morrissey
Morrissey at the grave of Jack Kerouac in Lowell, Massachusetts. Photo by Ryan Lowry.
Prometheus was a Titan who created humanity from clay and defied the gods by stealing heavenly fire to give to the people. He taught men to cheat the gods.
But he could also look into the future, and knew that in the end, he would be punished, and Zeus would win.
In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
So there's this new Chinese fast food place in town—it's basically like a more authentic version of Panda Express—but the curious part is, that the owners are from Burma.
How often do you hear that!?