Archive - Gentle Machine

Poems Against the Flag

I’ve been making small videos with AI to pair with my poems. I didn’t mean for them to be political. But in England right now, gentleness feels radical.

Sep 17 •

Anyone can conjure an image in seconds. But what happens when you treat the machine like a brush—and the scroll like a canvas?

Sep 10 •

What We Ask the Machine

Fear is not foolish—but neither is hope. What we prompt becomes what we live with.

Sep 3 •

August 2025

Why Prompting Is a Poetic Act

Exploring the emotional art of prompt design—and why the best prompts feel more like poems than code.

Aug 27 •

This Is Not the End of Art

How AI image tools like Midjourney aren’t replacing art, but inviting us to paint with language and emotion

Aug 20 •

When Words Become Score

On the Primacy of Human-Made Music and a New Medium at Its Side

Aug 13 •

What is a Story, Now?

Rethinking narrative in the age of AI, where readers become co-creators and every choice remakes the world

Aug 6 •

July 2025

ADHD and the Algorithms That Keep Up

What the science says about ADHD, generative AI, and the speed of thought.

Jul 30 •

The Quiet Biology of a Microdose

Why your brain’s own calming chemical inspired a 60-second therapy.

Jul 23 •

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