Split Screen

 “Let’s see what’s out there.”
 —Captain Jean Luc Picard

Below, top image: I chose this book from a library display about AI yesterday—for its good cover, half church dome, half digital orb; its opening quote (above) from a Star Trek captain; and for the  mix of two things I’ve been thinking about, which surprised me —AI Goes to Church (2025). 

Above, bottom image:  I’d taken this photo at the art museum recently. Half-and-half Hindu divinities Shiva and Parvati as one (opaque watercolor, India, early 1700s).

More info here: collections.artsmia.org/art/137911/shiva-ardhanarisvara-india