While Russia persists in its ambitions for world dominance, I wonder if Putin notices technology is inventing other realities. First, there was the worldwide net. Next came virtual reality. Now there is the metaverse.   According to Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, the metaverse

“Video and audio are the hottest media,” writes Clive Thompson, a reporter for the tech magazine Wired. ( “Every Word You Say,” by Clive Thompson, Wired, May 2021, pg.15,)  I have to agree.  My Write Away blog is approaching its 11th anniversary and enjoys a respectable numb

The Japanese have a notion in art called wabi-sabi.  It espouses the theory that because nature is transient and therefore imperfect, artists should incorporate imperfection in their pieces.  Sometimes that flaw may appear as a small asymmetry, a roughness in texture, or austerity i