On this week’s Mosaic Ark, the ladies were joined by writer Sarah Pierzchala, author of the award winning Cyberpunk series of novels, “Beyond Cascadia,” which Sarah describes as “Blade Runner meets The Brothers Karamazov.” As a Catholic wife, mother and artist, from a family of artists, Sarah has a unique perspective on writing science fiction. She also has some interesting things to say about everyone’s current obsession with AI-generated art. Spoiler alert: This sketch artist and writer of dystopian fiction does not think AI-generated art is the end of the world! Listen as we discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of different types of art work, and help us to keep the conversation going by leaving your artistic opinions in the comments! —Streamed July 25, 2025

Sarah’s website—so you can buy her books! https://www.skirkpierzchala.com

Sarah’s Manifesto on AI—where you can also find her beautiful image of Our Lady: https://open.substack.com/pub/skirkpierzchala/p/the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel

On tonight’s Mosaic Ark, the ladies were joined by Aisha Fajardo of Grimmer Arts. Aisha has years of experience illustrating high fantasy, and her artwork in this area is captivating, but she was looking for an opportunity to create something with deeper meaning, something that wasn’t just more “elves and orcs.” Happily for us, this led her to become our illustrator for Draco Alchemicus, Act II: The Court. The ladies talked with her about her process for illustrating and about how she became an illustrator. We also talked about the state of the art world in general (it’s bad) and the dawn of AI generated art (it’s worse!) But this stream was no pessimist’s party; we all have hope that real art and poetry created by real people still has a future. Let us know in the comments what you think about the future of art after you see what Aisha has drawn for us! —Streamed July 18, 2025

Check out Aisha's work at Grimmer Arts: https://www.instagram.com/grimmer.arts

Ciao! La professoressa Fulton Brown è tornata da Roma! And what did she see on her Roman Holiday? Maybe a better question would be, what did she feel? Fresh back from Italy and giving a talk on St. Francis as the great herald of the King, the Professor regales KC with the amazing feeling she got by simply being in the Eternal City. With all of the churches, and ancient structures, and so much famous artwork you might literally walk into on the street, you would be forgiven for assuming that she felt excited, or awestruck, because who wouldn’t? But you might also be surprised to learn that what she mostly felt was a calmness that was brought on by the city itself — a city that was built for people. Have a listen, and if you have been lucky enough to have visited this great city, too, share your impressions in the comments! — Streamed July 11, 2025