Hello everyone! Please to meet you. My name is Mark Sullivan and I am  a composer, photographer, curator, and educator. I have taught music composition, computer music, photography, and aesthetic theory over the last three decades at MSU. Alongside the formal teaching, I have worked on several outreach and informal education projects, working…[Read more]

Similar development on illustrating comics through AI: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/comics/dall-e-midjourney-ai-illustrated-comics-220166.html

Stephen, Michael,

Thank you for the reading recommendations.

Have you read Keltner’s Born to Be Good (https://wwnorton.com/books/Born-to-Be-Good/)?  Some neat sections on empathy.

This (relatively new) article from Carmine Starnino on AI poetics is an interesting and accessible overview on the topic: https://thewalrus.ca/ai-poetry/

I have not seen it either, but my sister runs a bookstore and gave me an advanced galley of a book by Dacher Keltner called, “Awe: The new science of everyday wonder and how it can transform your life.” I think it has some great thoughts about how these types of experiences can make you question what you know and to grow in new directions. …[Read more]

Love the discussion of curiosity and wonder in this excerpt. This is from 2018. Is the report out yet? I couldn’t find it.

Hello Everyone! So excited to meet you all this Wednedsay. My name is Pia Banzhaf. I am an artist, educator, and scholar. My research in puppetry arts investigates the cognition, namely the predictive framework of our neocortex, involved in the perception of performing objects that display lifelike and biological motion. I am convinced that…[Read more]

Just wanted to pass along this brief article I found on looking at wonder and curiosity for scientists: https://www.wiley.com/network/societyleaders/research-impact/why-curiosity-and-wonder-are-critical-for-the-next-generation-of-scientists

I’m co-presenting with Dr. Ellen Moll in the College of Arts and Letters at the 44th Annual Association of…[Read more]

Hi Everyone. So happy to be part of this group and looking forward to collaborating. My name is Rob Roznowski a professor in the Department of Theatre, where I am the Head of Acting and Directing and teach classes for graduate and undergraduate actors. Here is my website

My research examines the intersection of psychology and acting. I also am a…[Read more]

Green Day!

Let’s correct that aha!

Hola folks

My name is Raymundo Lopez.

I am a Political Science PhD student. My website is here for more about me and my research. (:

@Brady: Really cool reading your ongoing projects! I need help understanding your statement on “as I follow a recurring mathematical concept across common textbooks [. . .] that impactfully convey the aesthetics…[Read more]

Hello Everyone,

Nice to meet you all, I really enjoyed reading everyone’s intros. My name is Nathan Jansen, I am a PhD student in the department of Chemistry, however my research is theoretical so I don’t do any actual chemistry! Specifically, I study evolution of time-dependent quantum systems and excited state molecular dynamics. In my u…[Read more]