14 August 2023
In the process of brainstorming for the Summer 2023 fairy tale issue, the editors at Orion wondered: what if AI could help us visualize what fairy tales for the climate crisis could actually look like? What does a drought mean to a mermaid? What does a forest fire feel like to a phoenix? We gave the assignment to our intern Kim Schmidt with one very vague description: AI fairy tale art. Read more
'A projection back of modern sensibilities'
‘It's difficult, perhaps impossible, to write a character well in the past who is not a projection back of modern sensibilities. My defence would be that the 16th century was the time when rational, sceptical inquiry was beginning. This was the age of the humanists: we're leaving medieval thought patterns behind. Read more