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Author: KC

  • Your Creative Brain by Shelley Carson, PhD

    Your Creative Brain .Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity, and Innovation in your Life By Carson, Shelley (Book – 2010) Summary: Shelly Carson, PhD, goes through her acronym, CREATES, as she describes neuroscience behind creativity and the mildly surprising lack thereof. Connect, Reason, Envision, Absorb, Transform, Evaluate, and Stream are the steps to creative output.…

  • Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation

    Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation By Edwards, David A. (Book – 2008) Summary: This is a captivating book really making the case for the necessary art and science connection. Artists like Diana Dabby (who used chaos theory to create piano variations) and Julio Ottima who used, painting to tap into liquid diffusion properties work, are…

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  • The Age of the Infovore

    The Age of the Infovore .Succeeding in the Information Economy By Cowen, Tyler (Book – 2010) Summary: Tyler Cowen makes his case about how “nerds” rule the world… at least the world of information technology. He discusses the particular “neurodiverse” tendencies of people with Asperger’s and notes the famous scientists and authors in history with…

  • Physics of the Impossible

    Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku Summary: This book divides technologies and concepts into three types of impossibilities, type 1 (force fields, ray guns, telekinesis), type 2 (UFOs, telepathy) and type 3 (wormholes, time travel) based on their resonance with scientific knowledge today and energy capabilities (this separates civilization types like ours a type…

  • Home

    I just spent a beautiful two hours with Matt painting on the porch. These are the moments that will flash before my eyes at the end. The painting is titled “Home.” I had this idea of a painting with the places I have lived and Chicago (there was a time when I entertained thoughts of moving…

  • Painting with Matt

    Painting with Matt L., the talented abstract expressionist, I have received a painting-gift that will go into my permanent collection of works. Yes, be jealous. Ask him for a painting. He’s moving and might give you one.

  • Kurzweil

    I think Kurzweil is trendy right now, so I can’t say with absolute certainty that I like his ideology or that I like having something to talk about with other people.