Re: [PD] [PD-announce] Origination and Metacreation: a conversation with Ben Bogart
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011, András Murányi wrote: Well, I'm not academic and I'm also rather careful with dualist ideas, however, instead of creative vs rational, which are, least to say, not mutually exclusive, I usually use inductive vs deductive. Maybe that's what you mean too Sounds like it :) ___ | Mathieu Bouchard tél: +1.514.383.3801 Villeray, Montréal, QC ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management - http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
Re: [PD] [PD-announce] Origination and Metacreation: a conversation with Ben Bogart
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 20:38, Mathieu Bouchard ma...@artengine.ca wrote: On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Marco Donnarumma wrote: Dear all, it's with great pleasure that I share with you this piece. I had an inspiring, in-depth conversation with artist and fellow Pd'er Ben Bogart over the last months, and this is the result: « Rational and creative thought are two extremes of a single process. Rational associations involve activations of few memories in very focused directions, while creative associations involve the activation of many memories in many different directions. » Oh, so THAT's what creativity means ! Why is it called creative, if one can create new thoughts and new things from rational thought, especially thoughts and things that so-called «creative» thought can't come up with ? Fortunately, that kind of jargon isn't used in the actual MSc thesis. I mean, the word creative is not used in the same way, especially as the word «rational» doesn't appear at all. Well, I'm not academic and I'm also rather careful with dualist ideas, however, instead of creative vs rational, which are, least to say, not mutually exclusive, I usually use inductive vs deductive. Maybe that's what you mean too - maybe not... Andras ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management - http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
Re: [PD] [PD-announce] Origination and Metacreation: a conversation with Ben Bogart
On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Marco Donnarumma wrote: Dear all, it's with great pleasure that I share with you this piece. I had an inspiring, in-depth conversation with artist and fellow Pd'er Ben Bogart over the last months, and this is the result: « Rational and creative thought are two extremes of a single process. Rational associations involve activations of few memories in very focused directions, while creative associations involve the activation of many memories in many different directions. » Oh, so THAT's what creativity means ! Why is it called creative, if one can create new thoughts and new things from rational thought, especially thoughts and things that so-called «creative» thought can't come up with ? Fortunately, that kind of jargon isn't used in the actual MSc thesis. I mean, the word creative is not used in the same way, especially as the word «rational» doesn't appear at all. ___ | Mathieu Bouchard tél: +1.514.383.3801 Villeray, Montréal, QC___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management - http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
[PD] [PD-announce] Origination and Metacreation: a conversation with Ben Bogart
Dear all, it's with great pleasure that I share with you this piece. I had an inspiring, in-depth conversation with artist and fellow Pd'er Ben Bogart over the last months, and this is the result: http://vagueterrain.net/content/2011/09/origination-and-metacreation-conversation-ben-bogart Tags: MAM, creativity, machine imagination, innovation+open source, techno-cultural methodology, awareness+ubiquitous computing, tech distribution, Thanks Ben, Greg @VT, best wishes, -- Marco Donnarumma Independent New Media and Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing) The University of Edinburgh, UK ~ Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com | http://www.thesaddj.com | http://www.flxer.net Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net ___ Pd-announce mailing list pd-annou...@iem.at http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-announce ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management - http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
