@ashtonshudson to your point - the relationship between our experiences is what's important: the mapping of all parts of the universe to all other parts. Relationality is fundamental. Of course this is all nonsense, pure wordplay. But hey - why not?
@ashtonshudson I think it's like a spherical shell with holes punched in it, and an exterior source of light that shines onto it. In the interior, it seems like many individual beams of light, but it's all the same light
I have discovered that Iain Bank's Culture-series novel 'Consider Phlebas' is named for a T.S. Eliot poem: https://t.co/zIQjMMLMym
I need to read more poetry
@daveed_1931 I am actually extremely curious for other religions to contribute too! Islam, Judaism, etc (and non-Abrahamic religions too, although they may not have spokespersons)
@Daniel_Sugarman There's no statement that anybody could make that will convince them to reschedule their demonstration, and the more sincere the urging, the more they feel righteous in their cause. To ask politely anyways is to execute duty - very British. The whole situation is very upsetting.
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.