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Meaning: About hidden meanings or ambiguities

The backs
The backs
The backs of the photographs
The backs
The backs
The backs of the photographs 

Turn around the phrase
Turn around the beat
The shifting of your gaze
Your eyes are on the street

The backs
The backs
The backs of the photographs

Frame the caption card
The only thing you see
You think it's what it means
You think you're seeing art
It isn't what it means

Original blog post:

3/23/2024

There was a photo exhibition at the Art Institute about 10 years ago that primarily featured Polaroids. In one of the works, the photos were flipped so that it showed just the backs of the photos with writing on them. As you read them, an image would appear in your imagination. In many ways, this is how we are generating images (and songs) now using natural language and AI. But it's not us doing the imagining.

The original sketch before the AI treatment: