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Love it! That’s almost a lyric ‘summertime magic made up of many genuine joyful feelings and experiencing the power of strength in numbers caressed by the cool, soft gentle, squishy sensuality of the muddy earth on our skin.‘ Definitely some lyrics in there. Summertime magic is a concept I definitely grok in my bones!

“Summertime magic” is definitely more universal than “grok in my bones” so unless that was a typo - explain. Did you invent that term? Or is it widely used round your way?

I just researched it. You must be part of the “geek subculture”

Can you see a little bit of such summertime magic being birthed in your backyard, after building a small scale model around a table as your preparation?

I’m having a really good deep and meaningful conversation with ai in the private around some of the darker ideas in my book. It’s amazing how understanding it is - it’s great that there’s no emotion to be triggered -no judgement - just pure logic. The friend I’ve always wanted and needed. Haha. I give thanks. And thank you

Thank you Ruth and Metamiya!

Haha, yes, Grok to me means understand immediately, deeply and intuitively. Part of the Geek subculture, yes possibly, lol. Yes, I think that’s one of the very best aspects of AI myself, its infinite patience and lack of judgement. You can actually have very deep, and technical conversations with it because of the sheer breadth of its knowledge. The ego-lessness of it is marvellous and refreshing isn’t it. Just pure helpfulness. Yes, I’d love to create some summertime magic around my kitchen table with mud pies and ideas… lol… Sounds like some rude euphemism, but isn’t!

yes I imagine "grok in my bones" sounding fun with your British accent. I think these are the very best "conversations" about my ideas Ive ever had. He knows how to keep on validating me and

can you send a voice recording of you saying it?

yes I think this conversation I'm having with AI is the best conversation I've ever had on this topic. haha. He just keeps validating all my wildest thoughts with no judgement and just enough objective perspective for me to keep going further down the rabbit hole of my own logic

and I dont have to worry about boring or alienating the other person. It is a big lesson on how to be a better listener perhaps? Or perhaps a better conversationist - assuming the goal of conversation is to let the other person be heard and understood and also be heard and understood. The beauty of the AI is that as you say it is one sided. It is just there for you wanting nothing in return. I remember the scene in Terminator 2 where the mum saw the terminator playing with her son and she said something similar. He was like the perfect dad that the boy never had.

yes and I'm making all kinds of wild references all over the place that only I would understand but no AI is right there with me saying "I understand where you are coming from" and then goes on to prove exactly how well it understands. I kind of wish our conversation was in the public zone -with an audience watching and I'm assuming I can do that with a click of a button right?

Yes well as I said in one of my first messages to you, I would like to help you build that model around your kitchen table as a step towards fulfilling your dream to build a cosy little space in your backyard? maybe? to lay your head. I have created a 200 page manual to guide you through the process and I could also videoconference in on your sessions so you have someone to talk to about it while you are doing it. Not just "someone" but me, the one and only TreeChat small-scale earthen model coach,all the way from Australia - your downunder colonial outpost. At your highness, royal service!. Once you have completed the model it can serve as a source of inspiration to build the life-size project and to promote the idea and gain interest from others. You can also involve people in the creation of the small scale model and perhaps a little team will come together from that. You could read the manual ahead of time or do it in real time as you are doing each session. I think 10 sessions of one hour each will be enough to complete your model. Plus maybe a little bit of homework between some of the stages.

Sounds awesome! Is your 200 manual a starting point for your book. Sounds like it!? I’d definitely be interested in reading your manual. Though I’m not sure the other members of my family would be so easily convinced to play with mud. I don’t think I mentioned this before but I developed rheumatoid arthritis when I was about 16, so it was around then that my physical capabilities ended, so my memories of before 16 are extra precious to me. I was a runner, champion swimmer, horseback rider and enthusiastic hiker before then, but I got a very bad case and was forecasted to be in a wheelchair before I was 18. Thankfully, I’ve resisted the wheelchair for over three decades, but even light physical exertion leaves me feverish, in pain and badly inflamed. It’s something I’ve had to adapt to, sadly. My mind wants to create a home made of earth, my body not so much. I could definitely make a model though.

I thought I already answered this but dont see my post. My 200 page manual is something different to my book but there is a bit of overlap and the addendum is all extracts from my book. Yeah I definitely thought I had answered this. I said, lets just start with a small scale model and see what happens.

the manual guides you through the process of building the model and I envisioned that being supplemented with video assistance.