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ChatGPT and Writing

ChatGPT has begun to influence how books and articles are written and will likely do so in greater volume in the future. Many have opinions about it, but few know what it is and how it works.

Writing

Dialogue as Action

Most of our lives are not spent in life-and-death struggles, epic moments of triumph or defeat, but in talking to or with others. Because it’s so routine and normal, we overlook the power such moments...

Writing

The Muses

The muses were the goddesses of inspiration or knowledge—not only in the literary and poetic arts but in the sciences as well.

People

On David Hockney

I consider David Hockney one of the world’s finest artists. Born in Britain, he moved to Los Angeles. He currently lives in France. The subject of Perspective is of particular interest to him.

People

Fleeting Genius: Rory McEwen

Sometimes people enter our lives, and we note there is something extraordinary about them. When that happens when we are very young, we rarely realize the wider significance of that other person until...

People

Paracelsus

n what is now Switzerland, at some point in the year 1493, Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim was born. Later, he was known simply as Paracelsus and became the father of what woul...