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Our cover image is titled "Touching the Thorn. Knowing the Rose." Think of it as a confession from an experimental digital image-maker always perched on the edge of otherwhere.
The Tarnished Crown is the theme of our issue this month. Once upon a gentler time a tiny bookstore opened online. It gave away free mugs to entice visitors. Today, in Las Vegas, that bookstore supports a warehouse with a tyrannasaurus rex, bared teeth, claws open, as its symbol. Inside, thousands of rare books are torn apart, their pages scanned to train AI, and the books destroyed. Need I remind you of the last time in modern history that saw the destruction of books and libraries?
Our Electronic Quill article is titled "The Lemon Tree". What do we make of a species at war with itself?
Our section called "Other Voices" includes eMusings (with AI news), yNot, Site of the Month, !Brazen Hussy, and Just Desserts.
eMusings: AI news and views, as the AI train thunders never so gently into our lives: a free, mysterious, anonymous AI site appears; Claude's watermarking is quickly hacked; 16 new viruses created from scratch; VGT3 chews up rare books; life-sized humanoid clones of tech bros; teaching bacteria to emit warning signals; the dangers of "looksmaxxing"; China's Unitree Robotics company announces new running records right before the company's US IPO.
eMusings in art:
Jacob Hashimoto's playful floating installations; the vibrant, active life of Minnie Evans; poetic, expressive tableaux by Tesfaye Urgessa; former McLaren designers create furniture; the masterful and intriguing output of Gaetano Pesce; a "Pastel" installation makes us ask whether more is necessarily better; Jacqueline Surdell's woven wallworks; Tiffany Loy's subtle and harmonious weavings; The Los Anges Public Library scores a coup.
Remember that earlier eMusings and electronic quill articles are archived online for you.
yNot: Our Woman of the Month award for September goes to Viviana Puello, Founder and CEO ArtTour International
More in Ynot: how female immunity differs from male; examining the impact of exercise on dementia; efforts to create legislation that will look closer into domestic violence deaths; the need to ensure that menstruation is openly discussed and understood; politicians that have been accused of domestic abuse (and the very few that have had any consequences); chatbots offer different financial advice to men vs women; abuses occurring from Meta's smart glasses; worldwide violence against women; the effects of estrogen-only hormone therapy on Alzheimer's.
Giraffe's Site of the Month - Osaka is changing Japan's art scene.
!Brazen Hussy - Madonna invites you to enter Confessions II through a giant vagina.
New Digital Paintings - Did you know that there is a new color you won't be able to see? From "Too Late for Regrets" to "Searching for Credibility", "Flux Identity" to "Scrambled Self".
New blobs: Digital sketches that later formed the basis for larger paintings.
in 3D Print news: 3D print holographic shapes in under 10 seconds; nerve repair implants in space; prosthetics that can sense pressure and temperature; bacteria as living transistors; how wild fish make choices - are humans like wild fish?; fuzzy skin printing; a retail store in Bangkok; printing batteries in different shapes; "smart eyes" detect errors in real time.
Wit and Wisdom from our archives: "The Fear Follicle"
Diversions for Difficult Times:
I have tried using Voice Typer for speech to text, a new entry based on a simplified AI interface. It is free, easy to download, install and use, about 75% accurate. Under settings you can teach it frequently-used phrases. Note that there is a word-limit per week which resets on Sunday - I would have been happier if this were disclosed in advance. Be sure to turn it off if you answer a phone call!
You can read our newest book, "The Wizard of Botany Lane", free of charge, from our front page. You can also buy a copy deeply discounted directly from me. There is nothing like the feel of beautiful paper and the sight of vibrant large images on a page in your hand. These digital imaginings step into a new visual realm for me. I hope you enjoy them! Note: there are now 3 books of digital imaging and poetry free to read online - all shown on our front page.
For trivia buffs: 117 nations visited us in July. There was a marked uptick from nations outside of the U.S. All nations are welcome here! A substantial increase in hits came from Viet Nam, Brazil, Austria, China, Greece, Argentina, Mexico, Canada, Colombia, India, South Africa, Ecuador, Chile, Poland, Uruguay, Spain, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.
We thank academia.edu for this "Biography of Corinne Whitaker: A doer, a dreamer, a painter, a sculptor, a musician, a betaphysician, an author, a pioneer, a trail blazer."
Warm regards from your Friend, the Giraffe
c. Corinne Whitaker 2026
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