I’m no cartoonist. Neither is Google’s Gemini.
At a spot on South 7th St. in St. Louis stand two buildings that could not be more different. On the west side of the street, the massive spire and nave of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church rise to evoke the wonder and power of God.
Across 7th, squat and efficient, there’s a Dollar Tree. The national discount retail chain meets many wants and needs, but spiritual growth isn’t one of them.
As I stood there, it struck me that the merest addition of the letter “I” would capture this odd juxtaposition of faith and materialism in America.
Tack that capital I in front of Dollar Tree.
The image of this grand church and the Dollar Tree lingered with me but I did nothing with it until I tested Google Gemini’s Nano Banana image generator.
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