by Nancy Hillis | Feb 5, 2023
Psychology & Physics Nancy and I have a theory, highly biased, that everything in the human sphere of experience is rooted in some combination of psychology and physics. In a previous blog from 2020, we brought up a concept that combines the two, at least...
by Nancy Hillis | Jan 29, 2023
This is a chapter from our newest book The Adjacent Possible: Guidebook & Stories Of Artistic Transformation. It is a kind of “extra credit” chapter, philosophical musings on the nature of being and existence and their relationship to the process of...
by Nancy Hillis | Jan 22, 2023
Art & Liminal Experiences In our most recent book, The Adjacent Possible: Guidebook and Stories of Artistic Creativity, we talk about liminal experiences. Liminal experiences are transformative, from the Latin limen, meaning threshold or doorway. You are...
by Nancy Hillis | Jan 15, 2023
Art Finds A Way Disclaimer: No part of this post was written by AI, or maybe even Real-I. In the movie Jurassic Park, the character Ian Malcolm (played by Jeff Goldblum, and influenced at least somewhat by Bruce’s postdoctoral advisor Stuart Kauffman)...
by Nancy Hillis | Jan 8, 2023
Creativity: Moving The Earth With Archimedes & Stravinsky The Greek philosopher Archimedes once said, “Give me a firm place to stand and a lever and I can move the Earth.” He was enamored of the idea of the lever and its ability to multiply force. ...
