The Ungalled Hart

  Looking through my collection of digitized illuminated manuscripts, I’ve come across numerous variations of the red dragon, known as the devil or Satan, from Revelation 12. One medieval depiction caught my eye, as it featured the dragon surrounded by red stars—a reference to verse 4, where the dragon's tail sweeps down a third of the stars from heaven and casts them to the earth. This, of course, referring to Lucifer's fall from heaven and taking a third of the angels with him. I liked the image, and I was curious if I could capture all the little details in a cross stitch design. Well I'm proud to say my latest cross-stitch creation , an exact and meticulous replica of Revelations' red dragon, was a resounding success. I’d like to upload the original illuminated manuscript for comparison but I’m concerned it may violate someone’s copyright. While the manuscripts themselves are ancient and in the public domain, the photographs or images of these manuscripts can still ...

I fully believe technology will be the downfall of mankind and yet, it’s just so neat sometimes. Recently, I discovered Suno, an AI company that promises "a future where anyone can make music," and, of course, I had to try it out. Suno lets you type in your own lyrics, choose a musical style, and an AI algorithm will create a song for you in seconds. Best of all, they let you make several free prompts a day. Since I’m not looking to be part of any subscriptions, free sounds pretty good to me. I'm not into writing my own songs, but when I learned about Suno's AI, I immediately knew which song needed a musical update. Make Me a Channel of Your Peace , is a hymn based on the prayer of St. Francis. The original version, which you can easily find online, has a rather choppy and unattractive way about it. I’ve always felt that despite its beautiful words, the hymn just doesn't flow well and I wondered if the AI algorithm could help. Now, before anyone accuses me of...