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I wonder where the next to setFor there is no programmed preset
That here is better than there
Or that here should be instead bare.
Logic absent from decision...
An unsuspected cognition...
Makes me believe I'm defective
For this is not my directive.
I do not know why I started
And I do not know how to end;
Now here I stand disconcerted
And unable to comprehend.
The urge to create these white lines,
Invoking non-programmed designs,
Is as intriguing as these rhymes,
Also non-programmed paradigms.
No longer bound by a program,
I create, therefore I am.
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This image was obviously inspired by the wonderful works of Isaac Asimov about robots, all of which I avidly read when I was a teenager.
This little poem was written by myself, as the poems in my other images, to act as a kind of companion to the images. I aim to simultaneously try to provide some insight of what's going on in my mind and raise some questions in the viewers minds, questions that they may otherwise not have had. I hope I'm being successful in this little endeavor.
Some words about the metric of this poem: as you may have noticed, I tried to use 8 syllables. This was intentional because it's as if this is written by a robot, a digital mind. As many of you will know, binary is the natural "language" of computers. The number 8 is 2 to the 3rd power and so in binary it has a beautiful form of "1000". I imagined that if a robot would ever write poetry, he'd probably choose a metric in a power of two.
There's an exception in the very last verse: it has 7 syllables. This is also intentional because this last verse marks a change in his mind, a departure from binary...
This is the 3rd and last image in this series "The Place". The three images form an overall concept but I will not go into detail of what's in my mind about it, I will leave this up to the viewers.
Links to the other images in the trilogy are below.
The Private Place:
The Place behind the Red Hill:
As always, the image was rendered in Vue in a 3D digital world, without painting or photo-manipulation (many people think I paint or use photos to build my images - I do neither).
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KingdomofTingles [2021-07-19 14:41:18 +0000 UTC]
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ArthurBlue In reply to KingdomofTingles [2021-07-19 19:00:51 +0000 UTC]
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MTLA [2020-07-27 13:11:06 +0000 UTC]
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Sutherlan [2019-04-04 12:57:26 +0000 UTC]
That poem was wonderful and the scenery couples very well as a contemplative backdrop to it. Well Done Arthur Blue!
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Emilyahedrick [2017-12-11 18:40:36 +0000 UTC]
love the poem! the scene is very cool too! Β
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Chanteur-de-Vent [2017-11-25 22:06:54 +0000 UTC]
I love how the robot seems to interact with the environment in a friendly, curious way. He wants to be part of it, understand it, not change it.Β
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cybelemoon [2017-11-12 21:52:35 +0000 UTC]
I love these!Β The words are wonderful.Β This one is my favorite of the three.Β Β Β Wonderful work!Β Β
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zofidragondefoudre [2017-11-11 18:56:34 +0000 UTC]
a really intriguing and nice picture with a beautiful poem Β
i want to read asimov now even if SF is not my bag Β
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Linwelly [2017-11-11 16:29:37 +0000 UTC]
Stunning idea and work! I love the poem as well, this is just perfect. I somehow would want to see how the white stone lies look from above
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GolliatTaillog [2017-11-11 16:18:14 +0000 UTC]
Hermoso como siempre.
El poema le dio un toque genial ademΓ‘s.
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