AI, the metaverse and art will blend into a safe world of fantasy. Unavoidably.

I was curious about what AI had to say about my art. So, I asked ChatGPT. Here's what it generated. "Case Greenfield is an artist with a distinct voice in the contemporary art scene, known for their innovative use of digital media and engagement with timely themes." For what it's worth, obviously.

The one thing that AI cannot do is make a profound connection from human to human. I strongly believe that that is the direction artists are forced to go by AI. And, maybe that isnt all bad. Maybe, it isn’t bad at all. Maybe, even, it is really good.

In modern art, the story and the experience are more important than the art object. AI can easily replace the artist. What remains is the human artist as performer, a symbol in his own art world, telling the story that the audience appreciates.

Artificial intelligence may liberate artists from the sometimes arduous process of creating art. What will be left then as the essence of art is the personal human sensation of connection between the human 'artist', the human 'beholder', their peer group and a universal sense of being human.

The way we narrate our life shapes what it becomes. So, if we can change our stories, we can change our life. I always say about my art, that it's about the realities that we create to shape ourselves! And we do it by telling stories to ourselves.

Has the world around us outgrown the capability of many people's brains to comprehend and deal with it? Are we reaching the limits of our brain? For some people, yes, but not for everyone. Yet, I find it interesting that many people feel comfortable and at peace with the simple life.

Rationally, I know that work and joy can go together. They may come smoothly together in the act of making art. But emotionally, I struggle. My calvinist upbringing and the culture I grew-up in of "making art is not work, it is joy, hence reprehensible" make it difficult for me to make art without a feeling of guilt.

I see a complete blurring of what factually is, what fictionally is and what fictionally should be. The differentiation between fact and value, between fictional reality and "factual values" has completely vanished in many aspects of modern life.

Probably the biggest mystery for us is how life ever started. How can it be that a complexity of seemingly dead atoms and molecules ultimately leads to something that we call life? How do molecules in a cell know what to do? How do cells in a body know what to do? How does it get from litte to a lot to life?