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Plastic Ghosts

Flowers that never die

These resilient flowers are the
perfect companion plant in just
about any home, office, garden or
land fill site. They require no
water, just dusting at least once
a week, but will thrive and bloom
all year round.

ICE CHARUWIMONKUL

Ghost Rider

For all those thoughts of pain and fear that you can’t get out of your head - the Ghost Rider in your mind makes those thoughts and then takes them away. Riding them high into the night sky.
 
CHRISSY FUEL

Ghost in the machine

The “ghost in the machine” is a term originally used to describe and critique the concept of the mind existing alongside and separate to the body. It is a metaphor for the idea that the mind is a non-physical entity that inhabits the body, like a ghost in a machine.

The term was coined by British philosopher Gilbert Ryle in his book. The Concept of Mind (1949). Ryle was critical of the mind–body dualism of René Descartes, which holds that the mind and body are two distinct substances. Ryle argued that the mind is not a separate substance, but rather a collection of mental processes, such as thinking, feeling, and perceiving. These mental processes are not physical, but they are not non-physical either. They are simply different from physical processes, in the same way that playing a game of chess is different from playing a game of football.

The term “ghost in the machine” has been used in a variety of contexts,both philosophical and fictional. In philosophy, it has been used to argue against mind–body dualism and for physicalism, the view that everything that exists is physical. In fiction, it has been used to explore the idea of artificial intelligence and the possibility of machines that are capable of consciousness.

The term “ghost in the machine” is a powerful metaphor that captures the mystery of the mind. It reminds us that the mind is something more than just the physical brain, and that we still have much to learn about its nature.

[Excerpt from ChatGPT]

BRYAN RIDDLE

Which Way?

DEE HARROP

Her absence filled the world

Ghost as absence.Absence as vivid intangible presence Liminal spaces preserve memories that have been. 

SANDRA HIRALAL

Digital Dystopia:
Fear of Falling for the Machine

In the eerie world of artificial intelligence, where the boundaries between digital and supernatural blur, a ghostly presence has emerged. Celebrate and embrace our new found connection and understanding. 
Image: Microsoft Bing Headline: ChatGPT 

DARREN RACKHAM

What stays when we go

One Sunday afternoon, she asked me to choose what I’d like to keep from her kitchen. Now that she’s gone and we’re clearing out the house, I’m hit by different feelings all mixed up in the same pot. These objects become vessels, holding fragments of our lives. Transcending from human into a few hundred different items. 

ZARA VEASEY

Eternal swan-shine

Walking alongside the canal on a winter night, an unexpected meeting unfolds with a formation of swans. Depending on which swan comes to greet you as you pass, a different time line opens up before you. 

ZARA VEASEY

Little soldiers

Photographs:
Litho print on Foma paper with gold toning.
London.

YOSHI OKUBO