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Art Ain't a Spectator Sport (opens the original)
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“Using ChatGPT to complete assignments is like bringing a forklift into the weight room; you will never improve your cognitive fitness that way.” — Ted Chiang, Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make ArtI highly recommend contemplating the following piece from where he engages Tolkien’s perhaps surprising dislike of theatre. While I had not encountered Tolkien’s words on the subject, I had seen these same ideas from the inspiring source of fellow
Writing the Wrong Way (opens the original)
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As I’m rewriting this piece, an image comes to my mind from our visit to Ireland in early 2026. Insistent clouds parted long enough to see the sky framed beautifully by empty windows, which gave me a profound impression of how much of what we intend to build looks better in its ruinous state, and many of the stone walls we erect put a barrier between us and the truth. Stone walls adorned with a patina of verdant moss, cotton-glowing sheep grazing just up to the threshold to a former holy site —
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