Delvings into Anatomy, Anthropology, and Art from Starre Vartan

The Thought Lab, AI Face, & What to See/Hear/Read

The clothing or the coifs could be from any era, but the physiques and faces beneath the maxi dresses and the makeup could only be from the 2020s. This is a deeper shift than just a hemline or a platform shoe versus a spike heel. And I think it heralds a deeper change in our culture, too.

Welcome to Palimpsest of Flesh

What is a palimpsest? A goat hide is scraped of the language that once covered it, and new text is overwritten. But you can still see the old words, ghostly peeks, beneath. A beautiful painting is covered over by another work. A vase is inscribed with a poem of devotion,