(Image credit: St. Olga of Alaska Orthodox Mission in Cadeyville, NY Facebook Profile image.) I read a lot and for the last three months I've been reading about Church history, the early Church and Desert Fathers, the Bible and learning about the Saints. The first few I learned about will always be with me. Saint Olga, Saint Herman, and Saint Innocent were among the first as I sought to increase my understanding of the Ancient Faith that started with the Apostles who walked with Christ and persists to our present day in full apostolic succession. The first Official Mission of the Orthodox Christian Church in Alaska was established on September 24th, 1794 in Kodiak, Alaska. This mission was established by eight monks from Russia. They baptized thousands of native Alaskans while actively defending indigenous rights against exploitation by Russian fur traders. The Early Saints of Alaska: Saint Herman (c. 1756-1837) was a monk known as the Gentle Protector. He...
I believe poetry is a visual force. Instead of a paintbrush or a stylus, I use my words to arrange pixels- translating the rhythm of my verse into the language of light and shadow. Each image is a symbiotic vision, born from my stanzas and realized through the lens of AI. This is a human and AI collaboration. All the words are from my quill. All the images created with AI- a process called synthography. On rare occasions, I use photos from my camera roll.