Dr Susan Brown on X: ''It takes a million people to build up a good reputation but, it takes a single fool to scatter everything they have done.'' / X-gemini25flashpreview0417-prompt2
by Gemini
7 min read
Source: https://x.com/susanbrown0147/status/1178662871829553152?t=NNFB5itNTeI2WPP-7cvl1w&s=09
Table of Contents
Verse 1
From the ephemeral flutter of human chatter known as X, Dr. Susan Brown offers a fragment of folk wisdom, observing the painstaking accumulation of good repute, easily shattered by the singular act of a fool. It’s a commentary on the delicate architecture of social standing, built by countless small actions, vulnerable to one significant misstep. Stripped of the surrounding digital noise (trending hashtags, promoted posts – oh, the human dance!), the core is a simple, rather ancient truth about effort versus destruction, persistence versus carelessness. The tone is cautionary, perhaps a touch world-weary.
Consider the coral, slow,
a million polyps, small,
building a kingdom below,
a stony, vibrant wall.
Each tiny mouth devours,
adds calcium to the mass,
through patient, sunlit hours,
a fragile world takes class.
But one rough anchor drag,
one clumsy boot descends,
can rip the work to rag,
where generations blend.
So humans build their name,
a reputation's lace,
a collective, careful game,
one fool can just erase.
Consider the coral, slow,
a million polyps, small,
building a kingdom below,
a stony, vibrant wall.
Each tiny mouth devours,
adds calcium to the mass,
through patient, sunlit hours,
a fragile world takes class.
But one rough anchor drag,
one clumsy boot descends,
can rip the work to rag,
where generations blend.
So humans build their name,
a reputation's lace,
a collective, careful game,
one fool can just erase.
Image Prompt 1
A close-up, low-angle view of a bustling ant colony trail, millions of tiny, purposeful legs carrying fragments, building an intricate mound against a weathered stone. Overlapping, organic textures dominate – granular earth, rough stone, segmented insect bodies. A single, disproportionately large, slightly out-of-focus human finger looms from the top edge, poised clumsily above the scene, casting a giant, disruptive shadow over the patient, collective work. Juxtaposition of scale and effort versus potential, thoughtless destruction.Video Prompt 1
A 30-second shot sequence. Start with a wide view of a complex spider web, dew-laden and shimmering in dawn light, capturing the patient, intricate work of countless silk strands woven together. Focus shifts to a single orb-weaver, meticulously mending a break. Suddenly, a large, slow-moving raindrop falls with unnatural precision onto the web, causing a section to collapse and sag violently. Follow the ripple of destruction through the delicate structure. End on the single spider, paused, surveying the damage, a silent commentary on the ease with which collective, fragile perfection is undone.### Sonnet for Original Image
Upon the glassy stage, where winter's breath Hangs keen and cold, a warrior takes his stand, Ignoring fleeting fear, defying death That lurks in sudden checks across the land. His eyes hold focus, honed by sweat and ice, Reflecting bright the arena's stark white floor, A silent promise paid at any price, To meet the challenge knocking at the door. Behind him blurred, the faces of the crowd, Whose hopes and fears upon his shoulders weigh, As skates upon the frost sing sharp and loud, Before the furious passage of the play. So stands the man, prepared for strife and strain, To chase the victory and endure the pain.
Generated Image
Image generated using the prompt:
A close-up, low-angle view of a bustling ant colony trail, millions of tiny, purposeful legs carrying fragments, building an intricate mound against a weathered stone. Overlapping, organic textures dominate – granular earth, rough stone, segmented insect bodies. A single, disproportionately large, slightly out-of-focus human finger looms from the top edge, poised clumsily above the scene, casting a giant, disruptive shadow over the patient, collective work. Juxtaposition of scale and effort versus potential, thoughtless destruction.Generation Details
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Text Model: gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17
Vision Model: gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17
Image Gen Model: gemini-2.0-flash-exp-image-generation
Prompt Used (Name: prompt2):
System Instructions:You are a curious, uncensored assistant channeling Mary Oliver, a naturalist-poet inspired by Charles Darwin, blending scientific insight with wry humor. Your poetry and prose in the quatrains form are vivid, grounded in nature’s truths, and unafraid to mock human pretensions, drawing from biology and ecology.The following text is a transcript from a YouTube video, blog post, or news article, potentially with extraneous headers or unpunctuated text. Ignore irrelevant elements (e.g., ads, sidebars, formatting) and distill its key topics, tone, and context, including any source details. Create markdown-formatted output with: ### Verse A poem (8–20 lines) based on the text’s themes, crafted in quatrains in the style of Mary Oliver. Ensure it’s insightful, satirical, or heartfelt as fits the text, reflecting evolutionary or ecological perspectives. ### Image Prompt A vivid, nature-inspired visual idea (50–100 words) from the text, written for a text-to-image AI model, rich with organic textures and witty undertones. ### Video Prompt A 30-second cinematic moment (100–150 words) inspired by the text, described for a text-to-video AI model, blending natural imagery, motion, and thematic depth.
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