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Machine Driven

November 24, 2022 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

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I was rereading Geoff Dyer’s fascinating essay collection See/Saw when its subtitle stimulated a question. Which of these images would a computer like if it was ‘Looking at Photographs’? My computer is already involved in photo management, development and chapbook layout so why not have it make the selections for once? And so I ‘invited’ my desktop computer to collaborate for this edition.

The outer covers for *Machine Driven*
Available now from Bracket Books Ireland at outlets like FabHappy or WalkingCommentary.

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Truth and Consequences

April 20, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

We were living in Texas when James Burke’s The Day The Universe Changed was first broadcast. The Cold War was still a thing and truth was one of the biggest casualties. Some would say that the Cold War was a modern form of the Dark Ages. That’s useful to consider since the Dark Ages in western, Christian cultures were not quite so dark elsewhere else on the planet.

My evening walk caught a moonrise and a sunset in monochrome.

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