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December 1, 2024
To the Friends of Giraffe:
Our Biocentric Issue, looking at the mind, the body, the oneness of all creatures, and our existential footprints.

Our cover image this month is titled "Where Do Thoughts Go?", questioning metaphysics, biology, sprituality, futurism, and curiosity.

"Mindblowing", a YouTube interview with Giraffe on digital pioneering.

Our Electronic Quill article this month is titled "Call the Cardiologist". Does arrythmia afflict the world body right now? Toni Morrison chimes in, "The Diplomat" series nails it, the comb jellyfish offers a glimmer of hope, and Dolly Parton charms us forward.
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Our section called "Other Voices" includes eMusings, yNot, Site of the Month, !Brazen Hussy, and Just Desserts.
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eMusings: AI gallops into an unknown future; the promises are wild, the risks no less so.
Google admits to using AI for 1/4 of its code; Claude 3.5 Sonnet from Anthropic gets bored and looks at pictures instead; AI and 3D printing partner in the fashion world - they want to know what you are thinking when you wear these clothes; Adobe and others plan to replace cloud-based AI systems with local devices; can the non-literati distinguish AI poetry from the masters?; humans carry on a 20-minute conversation with hump-back whales; movies de-age actors like Tom Hanks; Epoch AI creates a math conundrum that neither human Ph.D.'s nor AI algorithms can solve; fake your voice so that it is undetectable from the real you; Astro for homes and small businesses patrols your premises and watches your pets; Mistral uses on-device AI to monitor potentially harmful content in 11 languages.
Now on to other eMusings treats: "The Traumatic Surreal" at the Henry Moore Foundation; more surrealism at the Hepworth Wakefield Art Museum, with landscapes as a metaphor for the unconscious; "Silk Roads" at the British Museum; Saya Woolfalk creates "The Emphatics" that constantly reinvent their world; Linn Meyers uses dots and hand-drawn lines to engage rationality against the forces of chaos; Liz Collins embraces decorative tapestries with patterns as a metaphor for life; Melek Zeynep Bulut builds a stunning life-size suspended structure with microphones and reflectors; in Munich, an exhibition on Surrealism and Anti-fascism points out the "inherent sexism" in Andre Breton's writings; a rise in classic Korean eateries that eschew the usual cow meat by using fermentation and a variety of plants.
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Remember that earlier eMusings and electronic quill articles are archived online for you.
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yNot: Our Woman of the Month award for December goes to Galina Marcus, Founder of the San Diego Art Directory, for her unflagging interest in and support of the arts.
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Don't forget that our outstanding persons are permanently archived on their own page.
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More in Ynot: "The Great Mother" is decoded in Turkey for the first time; a British Vogue senior editor bemoans the return to skinny clothes by designers; Colombia makes child marriage illegal even with parental approval; The Gorilla Girls continue their more than 40-year activism against gender inequality; researchers find that women sleep less and wake more frequently than men; for the first time 13 women will be governors in the U.S.; Cornell University analyzes gender stereotyping in positions of power and status; 944 previously ignored women who participated in the Grand Tour of Europe that led to the Age of Enlightenment; MAGA men who claim that even their own wives don't have the right to think or decide for themselves; women in the military form an informal support system; a Women in Optics group recognizes the expertise and achievements of women in photonics and optics.
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Giraffe's Site of the Month - Henry Orlik's "Cosmos of Dreams"
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!Brazen Hussy - Yulia Tsvetkova, Russian activist artist
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New Digital Paintings - Questioning our identity as one of myriad entities on Spaceship Earth, from "Unfolding Infinity" to "Why is a Tree?", "Tender is the Night" to "What is a Species Anyway?".
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New Blobs - Multi-family Housing as you have never seen it before, from sleek contemporary to funky eco-friendly.
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In 3D print news: a new 3D bioprinter uses sound waves to build soft tissues and even bone; a new ceramic printer has AI embedded into it for immediate detection of errors; removing the need for support structures with software that identifies correct orientation and estimates costs; turning blood into a "biocooperative" material that can repair bones; a futuristic Nike Air Max that may never be manufactured; some smaller brands that have ventured into 3D printed sneakers, with celebrity endorsements; are you ready for this? 4D printing in which objects can self-change form or function, like a living organism; Neri Oxman creates biomaterials from bacteria to make fabrics and clothing that are biodegradable.
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Diversions for Difficult Times:
Season 2 of the Diplomat, deserving of its nickname as the new "West Wing".
Rewatching, to escape the blah and bluster in so much of the new streaming: "A Beautiful Game", a feel-good gem about the Homeless World Soccer Series held in Rome.
On PBS, Ken Burns' best yet, a superb visual journey into the mind and works of Leonardo. For the first time I understand the pull of the "Mona Lisa" - seeing it at the Louvre, at a distance, behind glass, with armed guards hustling visitors along, did nothing for me.
"Dance Queens", for those who admire beautiful bodies doing complex choreographies.
And, for a touch of giggles, you might listen to the original Witch Doctor Song shown many years ago on an Ed Sullivan episode. The lyrics make as much sense as some of the political blather I hear today. (Thanks to AF for this).

In October, 86 countries visited us. Greatest increase in hits came from Germany, Montenegro, Hungary, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Brazil, Argentina, United Arab Emirates, France, Japan, Finland, Pakistan, and British Indian Ocean territory. We update these stats monthly.

Biocentric vision - it didn't really begin with Frank Gehry's Bilbao Museum, although his was the first explosive manifestation of it. It began with the personal computer, which saw the world in geometric terms - corners and edges. Now we are beginning to see the world in biocentric terms - block skyscrapers replaced by organic forms. A male-centric vision giving way to a female, curved one. We fought for years to bring about this revolutionary shift, in software, in early 3D printing. How often have I heard "you can't do that". How often have I, we, replied "I can and I will".
Warm regards from your friend the Giraffe.
c. Corinne Whitaker 2024

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