Allegory

This is the beginning of my next series, but it might be a little while.  It takes forever to get what I want while working around the strictures of the A.I. platforms.  One example.  ChatGPT would not create an image of Eve taking a bite from the fruit.  "That crosses a line," it said.  You'll see in a minute that I got around it, but not on that platform.  The little video I will show you in a minute took a long and frustrating time to build.  Oh for access to an unrestricted A.I. tool.  At present, though, there is nothing nearly as good as ChatGPT.  

Except, Google just came out with one that I haven't seen yet.  I'm certain the restrictions will be just as heavy-handed.  But I will seek it out at some point today to see.  If you are looking merely to make commercial products, though. . . I saw some results last night.  You can make professional commercial images from things you've captured with your iPhone.  The job of the commercial photographer will soon be lost to A.I.  

Hate it if you will, but it is only going to get better.  The caveat, I think, is that it will eventually go the way of pay t.v.  At first it will seem like Valhalla, but then the greed heads will take over and things will break up into many, many platforms with a price.  They will figure out ways to keep the little people out.  

Here's just a minor example of one of the platforms creating a video that never existed.  If I'd known A.I. was coming, I would have taken more sequences, would have planned out stories.  I can now, of course, but I no longer have a studio nor people who want to do such things.  But a boy can dream.  

Oh, heck. . . let's try a brief anecdote.  I ran to the liquor store the other night to get some treats.  When I got into line to pay, there were two young, attractive girls before me.  They were attempting to buy some cheap wines, a bottle of Prosecco and other things I didn't note.  The man at the register asked them for their i.d.s.  One girl showed him some form of international i.d. though it was clear she wasn't an international.  The other girl tried to show an i.d. on her phone.  The guy stood looking at them as they fidgeted about.  He was probably in his thirties and surely thought he had some mojo.  He shook his head and said, "Well. . . I'll sell it to you, but next time you come in here, you'll need better i.d.  The other people who work here. . . ."  

He bagged the bottles for the girls and they were on their way.  

When I stepped up to the counter, I laughed and said, "I was going to buy it for them."  He just looked at me with a scowl.  

When I walked out of the liquor store, the two girls were getting into their car, and the woman I was with laughed and said, "They obviously have a drivers license.  WTF?"

Yup.  Neither he nor I had thought of that I guess.  It's good to be young and pretty.  It is like a mist in front of men's eyes.  

O.K.  Now for my "masterpiece."  Ha!  It took me awhile to make this thing.  Scoff if you will, but I think it fairly well thought out.  There are a lot of thematic and symbolic things going on in it.  It tells a complex tale, or so I've imagined.  You will notice that after blonde Eve bites the fruit, the look of the thing changes.  I'd like to say it is metaphorical, that she has been transformed into a new world.  I not only would like to tell you that--I will.  But . . . that happened because I had to change platforms to get an image of Eve biting into the fruit.  

Whatever.  I think it's pretty good.  

Oh. . . the video is age restricted.  You'll need to go to YouTube to watch it.  You can either click the bottom of the video image or use this (link).