(idea) by stash Mon Feb 12 2001 at 19:50:09
Hi-res & Aes Sedai

  • Dusk, on the edge of a large field, I am presenting my portfolio of hi-res computer art to my friend and teacher, Lloyd. There is a large screen, maybe 20' by 10', and I first run through the pics to choose which ones I want to present. Many of them I discard as just filter-based crap, but I realize now that they were superb 3d renders. All of them are actually short looping animations that give the abstract pictures a dynamic realism. There's one of a lattice of air bubbles nested within air bubbles, sliding around and reflecting an infinitely fractal array of yet more bubbles. I flip past it for being so amateur. I present an abstract piece to Lloyd, a dark, sinister shot of an impossible beast straight out of a Salvador Dali painting, except this is a photo realistic animation. I'm congratulated by Lloyd and the rest of the class.

  • With a friend, we are given the clandestine task of entering a modern building by slipping through a service door. The building is the living quarters of Aes Sedai and it is one of these women who has given us our instructions. As we're casing the place, strolling around the gardens outside near the entrance, a young kid begins to haggle with us. He turns out to be a pick pocket as he grabs my bag and runs. I chase after him and eventually trap him againt a fence. Just then our Aes Sedai friend appears, transforms the boy into a dog, then leads us into the building. I and my friend seem to disappear as I am now the Aes Sedai chasing the dog down the hallway between all the Aes Sedai's private quarters. I finally catch him and bring him back to my modest room, fit for a low-ranking sorceress such as myself. I get chastised for having a dog in the building by an older Aes Sedai. Flash. It is many years later and I look around my large, luxurious room and furnishings, half-wishing for my old simple possessions. But now I am the Amyrlin Seat, the chief Aes Sedai, and I must keep the image up. Such is life. I close my eyes and visualize another place, another reality...

I like it!