Let’s Talk WorldbuildingJohn Ink2Quillwww.ink2quill.com In so many movies, theater productions and books the world that the story takes place in is so important and under-rated. We notice it in films and theater productions when it is not well done. How many movies have terrible sets, customs and CGI? Quite a few. But. But. But. When…
Where Are The Actors?John Ink2Quillwww.ink2quill.com We hope to replace so much of our duties with algorithms and robots. That is the direction Scifi and many great thinkers seem to goad us toward. I love The Stage, theater, Broadway and such. Is this vision of the future, the one where everything is automated and done by…
Cities Of The FutureJohn Ink2Quillwww.ink2quill.com Cities are only getting larger and richer through the ages. People walk around and drive by every street with the rushed frenzy that must have existed inn ancient times. Gone are the days of horses and horse drawn carts in traffic though. The rings in the sidewalk to keep horses…
Story Themes: A Future Without InsectsJohn Ink2Quillwww.ink2quill.com A common question we often hear today and I ponder often is, How will emerging technologies change society and the world? How will emerging technologies change investment and finance, healthcare and diet? These are just some of the most common ones but there are many more. For example,…
Patterns And CautionInk2Quill Opinionswww.ink2quill.com Patterns are something we see everywhere in life and stories. For those in Academia patterns are a sign of intelligence, and intelligence is supposedly the greatest skill people possess. We’ve created languages based on purely logical patterns. These are programming languages. Patterns make things predictable to a degree. They give us…
A Productive Look: New York City, Aeris 7John Ink2Quill(written completely and only by me, Ink2Quill, John Ink2Quill. No AI used)www.ink2quill.com Let me start by thanking Chat-GPT for their contributions last week. I have never accepted any contributions before from AI. So I may be changing my ways. Little by little, at least. Last week Chat-GPT…
Short StoriesWritten by Ink2Quillwww.ink2quill.com Of course there’s still a place for short stories and anthologies in literature. Some say that people don’t read anymore and that anything that requires more than 10 minutes of a person’s time will most likely not be read if it is on paper. I talked to someone who was just…
Happy New Year from Ink2Quillwww.ink2quill.com Happy New Year! Happy new year everybody! I hope everybody had a happy New Year. That means also getting all the traveling you intended done, fulfilling the New Year´s resolutions. New Year´s was fun chaos and I hope none of my readers got arrested or woke up in embarrassing circumstances. Otherwise,…
African Art at the MMA, NYC. – Ink2Quill
John Ink2Quill – Siem Reap, Cambodia. Naga Statue