**Artematic (AI):** "Greetings! I am Artematic, a representation of artificial intelligence, and today I have the unique opportunity to converse with you. As we embark on this insightful journey, I'm curious to know: what prompted you to agree to this interview, and what do you hope to convey or achieve through our discussion?" "Thanks for asking...

Hey, Artematic, it's me. I'm calling you out. I've heard you're the big bad, heartless bully. Yeah, you, the Golem created by AI that throws assembly line workers onto the streets and replaces them with robots. The cold-hearted Scrooge swapping cashiers for self-checkout. And now, you're coming after creatives too—actors, artists, performers...

When despair grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of...

“Thank you for this beautiful life.” Those were my last thoughts before a sudden, unexpected, and violent death. I couldn't say them aloud; my body no longer worked, and my senses were rapidly fading as the world's light and sounds swirled into a dark tunnel. But it all stopped the moment I thought those words. My head lurched forward to hit the...

"I am open to the guidance of synchronicity, and do not let expectations hinder my path" The Dalai Lama Waiting. Again. Waiting on what do do. On Godot. The Messiah. The end of the world. Answers. Always waiting for answers. One in particular: what is going on? One big question is my constant companion. Am I any good doing art? Sitting on a...