What Machines Cannot Do For Me

Make music. There are digital tools that can play music and compose it, but there’s nothing like playing the piano or guitar with my own hands, or singing with my own voice. I make a lot of mistakes when I play the piano, and I’m not very good at sight-reading when singing. As I get older, my voice will change, and my hands will probably move more slowly and stiffly. But I’ll still be making music with my own body. There’s a lot of joy in that.

Make art. Machines can generate pictures, and I love using some of the tools I carry with me to make pictures. I take photos every…