conlang – Axon Firings

Artificial Intelligence, conlang, Writing Process

On Cursive

March 31, 2023 Jeff Lilly

One of my fondest memories of childhood is discovering that cursive letters existed.

This is a shortened version of a longer post available for Patreon subscribers here. Wá Balréal i Sagaia, Balréal i Sagaia i cóné.Once a Queen in Sagaia, always a Queen in Sagaia. Né láal dam á.He is not a tame lion. When I began thinking about the redemption of Narnia, one of the first things… Continue reading On Words and Names in Sagaia

conlang, Writing Process

Subordinate Clauses in Gnin El and Sasrâl

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 Jeff Lilly

Talk about an exciting topic! But how a language encodes the connections between clauses can have far-reaching ramifications. As I explain here, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and English have very different assortments of complementizers. How scribes translated them gave rise to a huge variety of interpretations of the New Testament. But I'm sorry to say that I… Continue reading Subordinate Clauses in Gnin El and Sasrâl

conlang, fanfic, Sagaia

Side Project: Return to Sagaia (Narnia-inspired Fantasy)

November 10, 2015March 2, 2023 Jeff Lilly

About a year ago, as I was working through the revisions of Axon, Inc., I got into an intense discussion with my brilliant and beautiful wife Ali about the Chronicles of Narnia. It's a series I adored when I was younger, but when I read it again to my kids when they were very young, I… Continue reading Side Project: Return to Sagaia (Narnia-inspired Fantasy)

MASTODON POSTS

The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine. -Anonymous
In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, no disgrace, no calamity… which nature cannot repair. - Emerson
Poker Face is such an amazing show. file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/84/04/01A7EA20-048C-4FE3-8F8A-97CB485FFFD7/tmp.gif
fi yó/fɪ joʊ/From Classical Sagaian *fé yó*, Old Sagaian *fwé yó,* Irish *faoi dhó.*Twice; two times. Lit. "under two".Compare *fi hé,* "thrice," but *wá awa,* "once" (lit. "one time, one hour").#conlang https://axonfirings.com/category/sagaia/
Drawing of a lion with castle in the background. #art #pencil
Kitten watching her first coming of spring #catsofmastodon #blackcat #springequinox
Napping with my sweet boy, Cu Gwyn. #catsofmastodon #catnap #blackcat
Né haléaa rilt rúdh a balatsha céana fi yó.NEG happen PL-nonsapient thing on way-DET-nonsapient same under twoThings never happen the same way twice.#conlang https://axonfirings.com/category/sagaia/
Carkeek Park, Seattle, March of 2018. A picnic with a glorious view over the green, over the Sound, to the Olympic Mts.#photography #SeattleParks #seattle
New blog post on words and names in Sagaia (#conlang). This conlang is for a Narnia-inspired fantasy, and it attempts to "explain" the "actual" words and names in Narnia (including the true meaning of the names "Narnia" and "Aslan").https://axonfirings.com/2023/03/15/on-words-and-names-in-sagaia/
Kittens assuming the “yang-yang” position#catsofmastodon #taoism
Mt Baker Wilderness, Washington. Afternoon sunlight splashed across the cliff face. #photography #mountains
Our kitten Pangur Ban, resting after a long morning of mayhem. #catsofmastodon #kittensofmastadon #blackcats
Cu Gwyn warily eyes a fuzzy interloper outside. #catsofmastodon #squirrel
Gas éša, ne a ta má a hodhla, bas má. Aghat madiasha da qil, ne a dúšia má, rúgha âéš má.Lit. Each night, when COMP am I to sleep, die I. And morning-DET to-us come, when COMP wake I, born again I.“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.” - GandhiSagaian: https://axonfirings.com/category/sagaia/#conlang (thanks and apologies to @higekieiyu for inspiration)
Selfie portrait generated by the “Wonder” app. Way more handsome than I am in real life. It looks like I’m ready to take command of my first starship here. #AIArt #AISelfies #selfie #thirsttrap
Snow on mossy stones, Edmonds, WA. #snow #moss
The phoneme /b/ in my constructed script. The backwards “c” indicates a bilabial stop; the horizontal bar with the downstroke indicates voicing. #conlang
Eye contactExperimenting with AI art for my fanfic. Here we have Gormenghast castle and the ancient Saxon wizard who's been holed up in it for over a thousand years.(Fanfic available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-launch-73463520. It's not really Gormenghast fanfic -- they're more of a cameo before the real Harry Potter / Oz crossover action begins. :) )#AIart #fanfiction #Gormenghast #HarryPotter #Oz #Patreon #fantasyart
Snow in the garden, Feb 2021.#photography #snow