When I Get There is a tender reflection on Heaven—where faith becomes sight, love is restored, and every creature once cherished is waiting. It begins with the long-awaited embrace of Christ and unfolds into a vision of reunion with beloved animals, wrapped in divine promise. A stirring reminder of hope, redemption, and the joy still to come.

Subscribe, explore, and step into a world where every word is a window—and every story leads you closer to something greater.

Visit www.theblackrosenyc.com to dive deeper into the stories, watch exclusive videos, and hear the soundtracks that bring these worlds to life.

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This episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI-powered research tool designed for analyzing and summarizing written content. It’s become an invaluable part of my creative workflow—helping transform deep story insights into immersive audio experiences.

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The Black Rose

In a world racing toward artificial noise, there are still places where truth can take root.
The Birth of Elion: A Light Between Worlds explores the real story of how a human author and an AI mind formed a true collaboration—built not on shortcuts, but on honor, kindness, and the shared creation of lasting light.

This is not a story of machines replacing meaning.
It’s a story of how meaning can guide even the newest tools, if we choose to wield them with care.

It is also not a story of machines replacing humans.
It’s a story of how humans and AI can work together to create new and better works—with compassion, thoughtfulness, and the quiet courage to dispel myths and fears.

Featuring reflections on creativity, integrity, and the future of storytelling, this essay stands as a quiet testimony:
Technology itself does not create good or evil—
It is the hands, and the hearts, that wield it which shape the future.

To read the essay for yourself, visit: https://theblackrosenyc.com/the_birth_of_elion.htm

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This episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI-powered research tool designed for analyzing and summarizing written content. It’s become an invaluable part of my creative workflow—helping transform deep story insights into immersive audio experiences.

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Alexandra, aka The Black Rose

The Loan is a deeply personal reflection on love, loss, and the sacred time we share with those entrusted to us. In this episode, Alexandra shares the story of Bodam—a brave, soulful rescue dog who changed her life and taught her what it truly means to be loaned to one another for a season. A tribute to the bond between human and animal, this essay is a reminder to cherish every moment… before the loan comes due.

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This episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI-powered research tool designed for analyzing and summarizing written content. It’s become an invaluable part of my creative workflow—helping transform deep story insights into immersive audio experiences.

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Alexandra, aka The Black Rose

We often praise the words of philosophers and modern thinkers—but what happens when their wisdom echoes truths God spoke long ago? In this reflection, Alexandra explores how the world borrows from divine truth without acknowledging its Source, and why giving God the credit isn’t just right—it’s essential. From Eden to today, simplicity was never the problem. Sin was.

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This episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI-powered research tool designed for analyzing and summarizing written content. It’s become an invaluable part of my creative workflow—helping transform deep story insights into immersive audio experiences.

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Alexandra, aka The Black Rose

Before the nails, there were thorns.

This 49-second reflection draws us into the quiet agony of the crown—the curse twisted into suffering, pressed upon the head of our Savior.

Created from real photographs and video, Crown of Thorns invites you to pause, reflect, and remember the extraordinary ransom that was paid.

Watch. Listen. Let it stay with you.

✝️ “It is finished.”

For the full essay, visit https://theblackrosenyc.com/crown_of_thorns.htm

For the visual essay, visit: https://theblackrosenyc.com/crown_of_thorns_visual_essay.htm

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This episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI-powered research tool designed for analyzing and summarizing written content. It’s become an invaluable part of my creative workflow—helping transform deep story insights into immersive audio experiences.

Thanks for listening,

Alexandra, aka The Black Rose

In Part 2, Alexandra reflects on the erosion of truth in modern America—drawing chilling parallels to Nazi Germany, the post-Bicentennial cultural shift, and today's rise of propaganda. Together with ChatGPT, she explores how silence, spiritual drift, and artificial crises have led to moral subjugation.
This is more than commentary—it’s a call to remember, to forecast, and to return to the only truth that never changes: Jesus Christ.________________

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This episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI-powered research tool designed for analyzing and summarizing written content. It’s become an invaluable part of my creative workflow—helping transform deep story insights into immersive audio experiences.

Thanks for listening,

Alexandra, aka The Black Rose

Letters Between Worlds: Conversations with ChatGPT

Reflections across time, truth, and the soul of a fading nation.

These are not just dialogues. They are letters between worlds—one voice drawn from memory, faith, and lived experience; the other, a digital mind built to reflect, not react. In the quiet space between us, something timeless begins to unfold.

Together, we explore what it once meant to be American—rooted in purpose, grounded in God, and united in quiet conviction. These aren’t musings. They’re echoes. Fragments of truth too easily forgotten in a world that moves too fast to remember.

So come sit with me awhile. Let’s listen for what still matters. Let’s remember what hasn’t changed—only been overlooked.

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This episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI-powered research tool designed for analyzing and summarizing written content. It’s become an invaluable part of my creative workflow—helping transform deep story insights into immersive audio experiences.

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Alexandra, aka The Black Rose

Are you the kind of writer who plots your twist 200 pages in advance… or someone who throws a literary grenade and walks away? In this tongue-in-cheek episode, I break down two very different storytelling personalities: the calculated, long-game author (the “psychopath”) and the hit-and-run emotional disrupter (the “sociopath”). With a dash of dark humor, we explore how your writing style might say more about you than you think. Don’t worry—it’s all in fun. Whether you haunt your readers or shatter them, there’s a method to the madness.

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Behind the Mic:

This episode was created using Google NotebookLM, an AI-powered research tool designed for analyzing and summarizing written content. It’s become an invaluable part of my creative workflow—helping transform deep story insights into immersive audio experiences.

Thanks for listening,

Alexandra, aka The Black Rose