Oscar Wilde advised against any enterprise requiring new clothes. I feel the same way about enterprises requiring serial numbers. So you'll understand why I experienced a brief bout of ataxia (a loss ...

In 1857, James John Garth Wilkinson published Improvisations from the Spirit, a collection of poetry conceived as an experiment with “automatic writing,” which the author claimed was guided by the ...

Is Susan Hiller a ghost-believing, holy water–packing, aura-gathering, ESP adherent? No. But she does get asked that a lot. Call it belief by association. And Hiller is regularly associated with a ...

Automatic writing is an ancient form of divination in which messages seem to flow out of nowhere through your hand and on to paper. It is said some who have attempted this form of mediumship have ...

French-Canadian composer Claude Vivier (1948-1983) is one of the few composers, perhaps the only one, to use an invented language throughout his entire compositional career. Vivie's use of what he ...

As a high school history teacher, I’m committed to helping my students improve their writing. But, like many of us, I struggle to find time to provide meaningful, timely feedback and assessment. A few ...

Somewhere in between his 1981 album, Working Class Dog, and Tao from 1985, is where Rick Springfield believes he landed on his new album Automatic. Stylistically, the 20 tracks are powered up by ...

Navigating the depths of sorrow following a relative's heart-wrenching diagnosis and a spate of school shootings across the U.S.A., multidisciplinary artist Jeffrey Delano Davis seeks solace and ...

“Writing is easy,” said America dramatist Gene Fowler. “All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.” Truer words were never spoken. Writing well can be an ...

In the Richard Powers novel Galatea 2.2, a cognitive neurologist and a novelist endeavor to create a neural net sentient enough to pass a PhD comprehensive in English literature. The machine, dubbed ...