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Zero-sum
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There is more to mine than block rewards;
in this life are treasures rarer still
than any digits, any stack of coins,
any tracts of real estate or deals
made binding by the signing of a sheet.
What will cause the mind to feel complete,
the soul to rest, the weary hands to pause,
but love in its high sense with its soft bliss
that visits when the truth, surrendered to
is let to lay its adamantine claws
into the veil of false and empty gain?
created for Alien Art Hive,
posted on HIVE April 3, 2021.
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images created using Deep Dream Generator
and Final Cut Pro from original photos
and free domain images.
@tipu curate :)
Upvoted 👌 (Mana: 1/22) Liquid rewards.
I have to remind myself frequently ... all serves existence and creation, even when my limited sight does understand how.
The lasting reward is in the love and not the temporary phenomena.
Super write as always, Daniel:)
Those dice are looking deep AF.
Cierto que el amor nos llena más plenamente que el dinero, y aunque la falta de dinero puede hacer muy difícil cultivar el amor y hasta puede corroerlo, siempre es posible amar a pesar de la pobreza. De hecho, creo que solo el amor hace llevadera la pobreza y es la fuerza que nos impulsa a escapar de ella.
Thank you for sharing this poem and the images @d-pend.
I'm not sure what "Alien Art Hive" is but I'd like to know more.
You have truly mastered this generator technique to create impacting images and the poem is timely. The poem itself tells me that these images are not meant to be idols but are a warning to human pride and selfishness.
In the past reading your poems made me open my mind and I responded with some creative endeavor of my own. It was like playing. That should be a quality of living art. Now it's happening again and perhaps the bull market may reward us for the time we give.
There is a constant war inside me. Inside of me are there is the Homer Simpson, the Ned Flanders and the artist. Homer wants to do his job, drink a beer and go home. Ned wants to do his duty. The artist doesn't listen to Homer or Ned and demands creation. Logic holds them together by a thread.