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http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/08/a-simple-way-to-create-suspense/

Draft is a series about the art and craft of writing.

A Simple Way to Create Suspense - NYTimes.com - Nightly

http://theconversation.com/pablo-ecasso-in-search-of-the-first-computer-masterpiece-10715

For much of his adult life, painter and scholar Harold Cohen has been working in collaboration with a computer to make visual art. Cohen has worked almost continuously on this creative artificial intelligence (AI) system since the 1970s, which he affectionately calls AARON . In essence, AARON is a piece of computer software that, when connected to a painting machine – a large-scale inkjet printer these days – can create artworks based on instructions given by Cohen. Over the years AARON’s artistic style has matured, much like that of a human artist.

Pablo eCasso? In search of the first computer masterpiece - Nightly

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/11/26/kurt-vonnegut-on-the-shapes-of-stories/

“The truth is, we know so little about life, we don’t really know what the good news is and what the bad news is.”

Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories and Good News vs. Bad News | Brain Pickings - Nightly

In 1965, Irving John ‘Jack’ Good sat down and wrote a paper for New Scientist called Speculations concerning the first ultra-intelligent machine . Good, a Cambridge-trained mathematician, Bletchley Park cryptographer, pioneering computer scientist and friend of Alan Turing, wrote that in the near future an ultra-intelligent machine would be built. This machine, he continued, would be the “last invention” that mankind will ever make, leading to an “intelligence explosion” - an exponential increase in self-generating machine intelligence. For Good, who went on to advise Stanley Kubrick on 2001: a Space Odyssey , the “survival of man” depended on the construction of this ultra-intelligent machine. Fast forward almost 50 years and the world looks very different.

Humanity’s last invention and our uncertain future - Research - University of Cambridge - Nightly

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/humanitys-last-invention-and-our-uncertain-future

Electronic Music Interfaces - Nightly

http://web.media.mit.edu/~joep/SpectrumWeb/SpectrumX.html

American Innovations in Electronic Musical Instruments - Nightly

Home / Analysis , Articles The desire for musical expression runs deeply across human culture; although specific styles can vary, music is generally considered a universal language. It is tempting to surmise that one of the earliest applications of human toolmaking, after hunting, shelter, defense, and general survival, was probably to create expressive sound, developing into what we know and love as music.

http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/American-Innovations-in-Electronic-Musical-Instruments/

http://electricka.com/etaf/muses/literature/literary_forms/poetry/how_to_approach_a_poem/how_to_approach_a_poem.htm

How To Approach A Poem - Nightly

Here, The Muse Of Literature offers a method, a practical example, and a few suggestions for how to get the most from reading or hearing a poem. About this feature The aim of this feature is to provide a few pointers to people who want to better understand and experience a poem when they approach it.

The Long, Weird History of Photo Manipulation | creativebits™ - Nightly

While "to Photoshop" is now synonymous with altering a photograph with intent to deceive, this not only pre-dates our digital era but can be traced back to the early years of photography itself.

http://creativebits.org/photography/long_weird_history_photo_manipulation

Fanfare for the Comma Man - NYTimes.com - Nightly

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/19/the-sentence-as-a-miniature-narrative/

The Sentence as a Miniature Narrative - NYTimes.com - Nightly

Draft is a series about the art and craft of writing.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/a-picture-of-language/

A Picture of Language - NYTimes.com - Nightly

Joe Mortis

Draft is a series about the art and craft of writing. Diagramming sentences: what, after all, is it good for?

What Can We Learn From Diagramming Sentences? - NYTimes.com - Nightly

Draft is a series about the art and craft of writing.

Using Words Not Found in the Dictionary - NYTimes.com - Nightly

Talking With Your Fingers - NYTimes.com - Nightly

Draft is a series about the art and craft of writing. The latest word on the street about English in America – always bad, it seems – is that the shaggy construction of texting and e-mail spells the death of formal writing.

Draft is a series about the art and craft of writing. This is the fourth in a series of writing lessons by the author, starting with the basics and leading to more advanced techniques.

The Pleasures and Perils of the Passive - NYTimes.com - Nightly

Turning a Phrase - NYTimes.com - Nightly

Draft is a series about the art and craft of writing. This is the fifth in a series of writing lessons by the author, starting with the basics and leading to more advanced techniques. Writers dream of sentences that sail through the waters of thought.