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July 3, 2026	jimmsp

The Pen is Mightier than the Sword

Richfield, MN

I took a photo of my favorite pen. It is large so it fits my hand well, and it was made out of petrified wood.
I wanted to show it demonstrating one of my favorite old phrases. I am traveling, so don't have my normal resources. So I got some help from my AI friend, in this case ChatGPT.

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Canon Image Challenge		06-Jul-2026 03:41
Traveller and Paul, Thanks. I too have been impressed at how well both Gemini and ChatGPT work with photos and images. I have learned how to construct prompts that are then used to tell the AI models what to do; include lots of details. I had thought of something like this for a few days. I do enjoy writing and have been writing a lot of letters to the editor of our local newspaper. And it just so happens that on my travel now, one of the books I am reading refers to the ancient book - the Art of War. And so the prompt just evolved. I just sort of fell into the image of a ghostly hand holding the pen. Jim

Canon Image Challenge		05-Jul-2026 22:04
I wrote a reply about this the other day but apparently I forgot to post it and it disappeared. I was impressed with how realistic AI blended this in with your pen. Paul

Canon Image Challenge		05-Jul-2026 10:51
Jim I hope you understand how very inventive and good this is! Traveller

Canon Image Challenge		04-Jul-2026 13:12
Geeze, this is unbelievably good! Wow...Traveller

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