The Fraught Future of the Ethnographic Museum. On the link between insanity and creativity and how the art of turn-of-the-century mentally ill asylum patients became the basis of contemporary art, from Duchamp to Twombly to Cattelan.

Sorting it out one load at a time.

An archaeologist finds herself writing fiction what stories will she unearth? Book Review The Bone Curse. Medicine has no cure for evil. By Carrie Rubin is scheduled for release on 27 March 2018 by Science Thriller Media. This review is based on an Advance Reader Copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley. There are no spoilers in this review. Then there were some nagging health issues. Nothing serious, but I had to ge.

Your Source for the Science of Creativity, Innovation, and Learning. The Roller-Coaster Ride of Innovation. Do you imagine artists working alone, in a basement somewhere, detached from society? Do you imagine them being poor, bad with money, unable to function well in the everyday world of work? This image is mostly false. Artists are embedded in the world, just like the rest of us, according to a recent article by Katy Waldman in the.

Artificial Life and Catastrophe Soup. Reports an observation from Prof Mark Bedau. At a recent Artificial Life. Conference that developments in simulated evolution over the last twenty years have not been as fruitful as originally hoped. Whilst insisting this did not in any way support an intelligent design hypothesis, which prompted a flurry of related blog posts, he did say we needed more understanding of the self-organisation processes involved.

FaceBook has taken over some section of my interest. Conflicted as I am about FaceBook, I do use it. See the comments to my last entry.

Writings On Media, Culture, Nature, and Community. Memories of the Animas River Before it Ran Yellow. Mine waste from the Gold King Mine filling the Animas River at Bakers Bridge heading down river to Durango. Yes, we mourn for people, but sometimes we also mourn for places. I took a summer philosophy course on ethics and community. Which runs parallel to the Animas River.

Raising two smart, funny, strong little ladies. In love with a Shelter Dog. Raising two smart, funny, strong little ladies. In love with a Shelter Dog. 8220;These little things make all the difference. Still Life with Mia,.