Tag Archives: imagination

The Cr’apple

Some lurked in closets. Others scratched at bedroom windows during summer storms, fed by half-heard conversations and imaginations running far ahead of reason. The Cr’apple is the story of one such creature, and the quiet revelation decades later that transformed a family tree into a family legend.

Ghost Runner on Third

There were never quite enough kids to fill every position, so imagination did the rest. Ghost Runner on Third is a tribute to sandlot baseball, unwritten childhood rules, and the quiet code of honor forged on long summer afternoons behind a weathered barn, where friendship always mattered more than keeping score.

Potsy Gopher

Potsy Gopher is the story of a childhood imaginary friend who felt every bit as real as the world around him. Born from Saturday morning cartoons, spinning vinyl, shortwave radios, and basement adventures, he became a collaborator in wonder, a defender against shadows, and a companion through the analog landscapes of youth. Though time eventually carried him away, some friendships never truly disappear. They live on in memory, imagination, and the dreams that time cannot betray.

The Analog Dream Engine and the Cyber Mind

A lucid dream begins with a prompt. A direction is given and an entire world emerges in response. That observation led me to an unsettling question: if dreams, memories, emotions, and experience are all forms of information, what truly separates the analog dream engine of the human mind from the cyber mind of artificial intelligence? The answer may be less obvious than we would like to believe.