These aren’t polished essays or tidy aphorisms. They’re scraps I’ve carried around this month—half-heard thoughts, borrowed lines, sudden recognitions—that refused to be forgotten. Zuihitsu literally means “following the brush,” and while my version is shorter and scrappier than the classical form, the impulse feels the same: to catch what drifts across the mind before it … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2025-12
Tag: Frank Chimero
Beyond the Machine: Creative agency in the AI landscape
"There is no purpose to better machines if they do not also produce better humans." —Frank Chimero in Beyond the Machine: Creative Agency in the A.I. Landscape
Monkey Trap
"...take a hollow gourd or coconut and drill a small hole in it. Size matters. The hole should be just barely big enough for a monkey to get a hand inside. Place a treat—bananas, rice, etc.—in the gourd and tie it to a tree. Then wait.Eventually a hungry monkey will come by, stick in their … Continue reading Monkey Trap
