Pretty as a picture

A picture is worth a thousand words. Some of them might even be true.

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We know that pictures aren’t reality. Pictures can, at times, capture a version of reality. But they can also tell stories that are entirely invented.

More and more, it’s difficult to know which is which.

What we do know, however, is that the feelings images evoke — those can be quite real. Pictures can cause us to be deeply moved, and to take real action.

As we traverse unprecedented shifts in technology and visual generation — where algorithms and artifice abound — keeping a knowing connection to our own perceptions and experiences … that seems quite important.