I’m not opposed to modernity, or the soul of a new machine. I fully embrace the inevitable process where innovation forces new ways of working that are destined to replace older modes. My specific concern is that the embrace of AI’s siren promise for innovation seems uncaring about its implications while simultaneously acting as a transformational agent.
Read MoreA FEW WORDS, AFTERWARDS
No matter how big the movie, the stage play, the broadcast, or book release, work is always ephemeral, like life itself. The play’s the thing precisely because the action of life only struts and frets for a moment upon the stage. It’s like a love affair; it’s like a perfectly prepared meal; it’s like a long-planned vacation, or even time spent growing up in one’s family home. The feelings may run deep, but the only thing that lasts are shared memories.
Read MoreLOSS OF MEMORY
Creative works are hardly ballast against the drowning, downward pull of recent events. Art is not “the answer”, especially considering how time and time and time again the human collective seems to eschew creative options in favor of destructive ones. It’s inevitable, perhaps, to wonder: does art really matter in the face of humanity’s often malevolent inclinations?
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Special Announcement: NAVIGATING THE CURVE -- Now Showing!
A new documentary about life under the corona virus captures voices from around the country with stories of resilience, creativity, and resolve. Called “Navigating the Curve”, the film showcases fresh perspectives on the emerging crisis with intimate first-person accounts of life suddenly and unexpectedly transformed. The 44-minute production appears online. (URL HERE)
Read MoreILLUMINATED BY STARLIGHT
The blog takes a one week vacation every year. Come back next Monday for more thoughts on creativity and its many sparks!
Read MoreEarly Morning at Mickey's Diner
“They can do all sorts of stuff with them computers. I heard on the radio that you can put all sorts of neat stuff together with these new computers they got now. They’re prob’ly just getting a bunch of them computers to keep the fire from, y’know, getting put out by the water. Oh, yeah, with all this new science and computer machines and stuff they can do lots of things like that -- easy.
Read MoreGO FARTHER -- 2014 COMES TO A CLOSE
In the news section of our website you can follow tales of our exploits. Here on the blog the topic generally concerns the many ways to think about being creative, from what fuels creativity, to how we lose it, to engaging it in diverse and surprising—or even simply reliable—ways.
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