A strategy of harmony or just another musical meditation

We have spent about a week to find a composition matching best with our marigold reel. We wanted to avoid patterns of “ordinary” meditation music reels – it shouldn’t be just relaxing but reflecting the innermost part of what we are showing, what the audience is watching right now.

So, we dived deeper especially having in mind an interesting role this flower plays in ceremonies in Southern Eastern countries. Marigold is often used for decorations in Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia, where we lived. The flower brings something solemn, so the music should be more energetic.

I believe that our approach has wider application. I mean the way to search harmony in a set of different elements. Taking steps deeper to the very core of objects gives much more to understanding their outer environment.

Well, you can enjoy our new musical meditation reel on our channel “Skazkino Vremya”.   

Launching Healthier Planet Community

 That’s what’s been growing inside us for the last years. The idea of reading the environment, a meditation on what’s happening around us and the idea of being a part of a whole living planet organism. If we want to have a healthier life, we need to tune up with signals emitted by the organism, like reacting to hormones coming from the system. That is how we see it.

The Internet as a part (and just a part) of informational environment may play its special role in this orchestra. We’re talking about informational ecology here.

Being open to any ideas in this direction, we’ve just launched Healthier Planet community on reddit – please, be free to join it to share your experience and ideas.   

Welcome to Healthier Planet Community

Blooming like dancing

Meditation is one of the most powerful ways to tune up to this real world (yes, much more powerful than any AI =)) ) and a great source of creative energy. There are plenty of types of meditation. One of my favorite is meditating on beautiful living forms, images of growth and development. Music can be helpful on this way sometimes. It is a very delicate matter, actually, and depends on many factors. I and my wife are experimenting on choosing a right music for a certain chain of images caught on a video and upload the result on our YouTube channel “Skazkino Vremya”. This time we found an interesting combination of how a slowly, steady process of blooming may be harmonized with powerful rhythm of drums so that you sense beating the power of life in this slow movement… Here is the result, a reel - "Magnolia - blooming like dancing". Welcome =)

How to make your content more valuable

As a writer, I've been always wondering about how to make words / content more valuable. I guess many of my peers are working in the same direction =) Well, today I decided to run an experiment asking this very question both in meditation and... in ChatGPT.

As a result I received replies that seem to complement each other and worth sharing here:

Meditation: "Words will be more valuable when you're a part of God's creative process, a cell of the whole humankind organism..."

ChatGPT (along with 10 more interesting general tips - see below): "...the value of your words lies not only in their monetary worth but also in their ability to touch hearts, inspire minds, and spark change. Focus on creating meaningful and impactful writing, and the inherent value will shine through."

Actually, the both replies are close to what my own experience (more than 25 years of writing) also prompts me - tuning up to the task and understanding your audience is the key to creating really valuable content. 

Books popular in Holiday Chiang Mai Guesthouse,
our favorite place to stay in the Northern Thailand

I believe that ChatGPT's tips can be also interesting to my writer's blog readers, so they are here: 

"To make your words more valuable and impactful, consider the following advice:

1) Cultivate your knowledge: Expand your knowledge base by reading extensively and learning from various disciplines. Explore literature, philosophy, science, history, and other areas of interest. The more knowledge you possess, the richer your words will become.

2) Refine your language: Pay attention to the words you choose and how you express your ideas. Develop a diverse vocabulary and experiment with different sentence structures. Aim for clarity, precision, and elegance in your writing. Strive to convey complex concepts in a concise and accessible manner.

3) Harness the power of storytelling: Humans have been captivated by stories since ancient times. Craft narratives that engage readers emotionally and intellectually. Use vivid descriptions, well-rounded characters, and compelling plots to create an immersive experience for your audience.

4) Develop your unique voice: Authenticity is key to making your words resonate with others. Cultivate your own writing style, one that reflects your personality, values, and perspective. Embrace your individuality and allow your voice to shine through your words.

5) Practice brevity and simplicity: While it's important to have depth in your writing, strive to express complex ideas concisely. Avoid unnecessary jargon or convoluted sentences that may alienate readers. Simplicity can enhance clarity and make your words more accessible and impactful.

6) Appeal to emotions and experiences: Understand the power of emotions in connecting with readers. Craft your words in a way that evokes emotions and resonates with shared human experiences. Whether it's joy, sorrow, or empathy, tapping into the emotional core of your readers will make your words more valuable.

7) Edit and revise diligently: Writing is a process, and the true value of your words often emerges during the editing and revising stages. Polish your work, eliminate redundancies, and refine your ideas. Seek feedback from trusted individuals to gain different perspectives and improve the overall quality of your writing.

8) Embrace vulnerability and authenticity: Share your personal experiences, insights, and vulnerabilities in your writing. Authenticity creates a deep connection between the writer and the reader, fostering trust and making your words more valuable. Don't be afraid to express your unique perspective and take risks with your words.

9) Aim for impact and relevance: Consider the impact you want your words to have on your readers. Write with a clear purpose and address topics that are relevant and meaningful. Whether you seek to inspire, educate, or entertain, understanding your audience and tailoring your words accordingly will make them more valuable.

10)Continuously learn and evolve: Writing is a lifelong journey of growth and improvement. Embrace opportunities to learn from other writers, attend workshops or writing courses, and engage in constructive criticism. Keep honing your skills, experimenting with new techniques, and evolving as a writer."

Why should writers not be afraid of AI progress?

WGA writers are on strike. There were some serious copyright issues questioning current regulations because of artificial intelligence services. A kind of a panic…

One of my contacts in Twitter, a well-known Producer and Screenplay Writer, posted that AI news made him so sad that he stopped writing another script and got a kind of writing block. Doubts…

While my recent talk with peers working with AI closely, they repeated several time, “we are living in the era of deep fake”. Even marketing professionals are not happy, either.

My last writing job involved lots of communication with ChatGPT, too. Now I can recognize lots of ChatGPT clichés in posts around the Internet. Stop. What?

Yes, my dear readers, lots of writers or just marking-related workers rushed to use ChatGPT for their purposes and almost flooded the online space with low-meaning texts generated by AI.

And after all the mentioned above, I tell you – that’s OK. There is no fear about the true writers’ future if…

an AI generated fire flower,
an illustration for my novel "The Second Herald"

Just before my last project, connected with extensive use of ChatGPT for SEO, I have had a pleasure in meditations digging out ideas that still thrill me with their depth. It’s not a joke. I do not boast any intellectual abilities here. Those ideas are not mine at all. They are just ideas. And that’s the key point. All I did is just meditating. That’s all.

Just as the Bible says: “Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known” (Jeremiah 33:3), we have a source for wisdom and knowledge much more powerful than any AI tool. 

For those who are not a believer, I also have some ground to base your hope upon. Any true writer takes one’s inspiration and ideas from… life… Real life has always been and will always be much richer any artificial thing which is just a small particle in the living stream, nothing more. So, my dear peers, we should not be afraid of upcoming AI era. It has even its advantages I hope to discuss here in my blog or in social networks.