I recently used AI to animate old family photos,
I was unprepared for how it would affect me,
Old still photographs that I had looked at countless times,
Came to life, they breathed, they lived again,
And then, like fireflies in the morning light,
Their lives faded out once more,
It evoked such a powerful sensory response,
For six seconds, ghosts came to life on my screen,
For six seconds, I felt their embrace again,
And for six seconds, my heart wanted to believe the lie.
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It is quite endearing and a little bit creepy isn’t it. My brother died 12 years ago and I took a photo or two of his and animated it. It was soul stirring, yet impeccably sad as well.
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I’m very sorry for yor loss Heather xo.
I was surprised at how the process confused my emotions, the joy of movement quickly passing to sadness for me. I showed my elderly father however and he was moved to tears of happiness, he watches them over and over. I cannot, but this is a ‘me’ problem I guess.
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