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Tedious work is pervasive in creative work, yet it has received little attention in the literature on creativity, including studies of science, innovation, and product development. Drawing from a comparative ethnography of two settings—systems biology and music production—we illuminate tedious work as an essential, previously under-investigated aspect of creative work that becomes increasingly prominent with digitization. Tedious work is repetitive, detail-oriented, and expertise-based, and we classify four types of it: fishing, administrating, polishing, and compiling. We develop a model of how tedious work emerges, why it becomes problematic, and what actors do to reduce its negative effects. Tedious work presents three risks to developing viable, novel outcomes—time drain, disengagement, and information overload—and we identify tactics that actors use to mitigate these risks and support individual creativity and the collective creative process. By unpacking the central notion of iteration and documenting the repercussions of creating novel outcomes with digitization, specifically the potential to amplify tedious work, we provide an important counterpoint to voices that hail digital technology's low cost and unlimited potential for iteration and refinement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Thomas C. Maier's group has reported a synergistic Ir/Ni catalysis method for the synthesis of C(sp2)–C(sp3) bonds through an amino radical transfer (ART) strategy to generate alkyl radicals. This work employed density functional theory (DFT) to investigate the reaction mechanism, including the redox mechanism of Ir complexes in the generation process of amino radicals, analyzed the role and rationale behind alkyl boronic esters becoming dominant reaction pathways in the ART process, and discussed the competitive reaction mechanisms between oxidative addition and radical capture during C(sp2)–C(sp3) cross-coupling with Ni complexes. Through this theoretical calculation study, we aim to provide a theoretical foundation for constructing key carbon radical intermediates using ART and Ni-complex catalyzed free-radical-involved C(sp2)–C(sp3) cross-coupling reactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the historical and legal aspects of the formation and development of the oldest scientific centers of Kyivan Rus at the end of the 10th and beginning of the 12th centuries. Art., as well as the economic and legal regime of their property. It has been studied that in Kyivan Rus, as one of the powerful states of Europe in the IX–XII centuries. starting from the 10th century a significant development of education, literature and science was observed, which is connected with the Baptism of Vladimir the Great of Russia, the introduction of Byzantine, canonical law and the formation of the original ancient Russian state and legal thought. It has been established that education and science gained special development under Grand Duke Yaroslav the Wise at the end of the 10th century. and the formation of the first national science center in Ukraine – the academic center «Yaroslav Academy», which was established at Sophia Cathedral in 1037. It was found that the activities of the «Yaroslav Academy» were based on both national traditions and the use of ancient and Bulgarian-Byzantine experience. It was noted that the activities of the «Yaroslav Academy» were characterized by the presence of a spectrum of scientific directions: translation activities, creation of own literary works and the first legal monuments («Pravda Ruska»). It has been established that the «Yaroslav Academy» should be considered the first scientific academic environment on the territory of medieval Ukraine, which operated in the format of reviving and spreading scientific knowledge and creating its own scientific works. It is noted that one of the important issues of the Yaroslav Academy’s activities is the study of the economic and legal regime of its property. The article analyzes the legal regulation of land ownership, including the land ownership of the church (Kyiv Metropolis). It was found that the institution of the metropolis provided for the right to independent church-administrative activity in the internal affairs of its diocese. It was established that the management of church property was carried out in accordance with the church statutes. It was concluded that the economic management of the property of the «Yaroslav Academy» was carried out by the Kyiv Metropolitanate, which had the right to manage church property, which was formed at the expense of the «princely tithe», which was deducted in favor of the Church (Kyiv Metropolis) and profits from «church courts». [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This review explores how intuitive processes drive innovation, which we define as novel ideas, inventions, or artistic creations that cannot be logically derived from existing knowledge or sensory data. Although intuitive processes are not yet fully recognized as a formal area of scientific research, this paper examines current approaches to their study and modeling. It highlights the necessity of integrating unconventional modeling methods with neuroscience to gain deeper insights into these processes. Key experimental studies investigating extrasensory abilities—such as remote viewing, precognition, and telepathy—are reviewed, emphasizing their potential relevance to innovation. We propose that combining these unconventional modeling approaches with insights from systems neurology can provide new perspectives on the neural mechanisms underpinning intuition and creativity. This review emphasizes the critical need for further research into intuitive processes to address complex global challenges. It calls for a more open, interdisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry, promoting the exploration of unconventional forms of knowledge generation and their neural correlates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Enmeshed in the materiality of caregiving, becoming a mother changes how one relates to the world and others. These changes involve how a mother as subject is defined by others through cultural and societal idealizations of motherhood and parenting norms, but also through the leaking boundaries between the mother and other subjects as she is attuned to the needs of caregiving. In this analysis, I consider maternal subjectivity in terms of working as an artist‐mother, defined as an artist who is also a mother and whose practice does not distinguish between these roles. In particular, I focus on the process of my development of a creative coding project, Emergent, during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Through this analysis of the process of developing Emergent, I attend to the questions of maternal subjectivity that arose through its production, drawing from the embodied experiences of working as an artist‐mother, in order to understand maternal subjectivity through the practice of computation. Here the work of producing art becomes the means of considering maternal subjectivity differently through embodied experience, as the labor affiliated with care‐giving is entangled with the process of art making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores the life and impact of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli, a prominent Italian collector in mid-nineteenth-century Milan. Poldi Pezzoli's refined taste and innovative collection of Old Masters and decorative arts set him apart from his contemporaries, with a focus on 'Primitive' painters and applied arts. The research delves into his travels, connections, and contributions to the art world, shedding light on the broader context of Milanese art collecting during that era. The article aims to present Poldi Pezzoli's legacy to a wider audience and highlight the interconnected network of collectors and art professionals in Milan and Europe. [Extracted from the article]

In the study we proposed a novel approach is called a Customized Convolutional Neural Network (CCNN) to innovate in the field of art creation, particularly in composite material paintings. This research harnesses the power of image processing technology to analyze and synthesize various artistic elements, thereby facilitating the creation of composite material paintings. The core of the study revolves around the development of a unique algorithm that enables the integration of diverse materials and textures into a cohesive artistic expression. The Customized CNN is trained on a vast dataset of images, encompassing a wide spectrum of textures, colors, and patterns, representative of different materials commonly used in art. The network learns to identify and replicate the aesthetic qualities of these materials, thereby empowering artists to explore new realms of creativity. The algorithm not only recognizes the distinct characteristics of each material but also understands how to blend them effectively, maintaining artistic coherence. The results are evaluated to prove proposed performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The document discusses the appropriate domain of application for metaphors and similes, providing clear definitions and distinctions between the two. It critiques the conflation of metaphors and similes in literature and philosophy, emphasizing the importance of logic in scientific and philosophical discourse. The author refutes the Neoclassical interpretation of Adam Smith's invisible hand concept, arguing that it is not a metaphor but a straightforward causal statement. The document highlights the significance of using similes and analogies in scientific reasoning and warns against the overuse of metaphors in logical arguments. [Extracted from the article]

This article examines the ways in which three women poets of the long nineteenth-century – Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), Emily Brontë (1818–1848) and Charlotte Mew (1869–1928) – represent fame in their work in terms of a tense sexualised dynamic of attraction and repulsion, variously modelled as femme-fatale-like seduction, repressed lust and the activity in, and consequences of, what Mew terms the “tossed bed” (“Fame”, l. 19). The focusing of fame through the ideas of sexuality and embodiment enables these writers to reflect, explicitly or implicitly, upon the gendered nature of literary creation, public voice and visibility, and thereby to negotiate, at least in part, the complex legacies of the “poetess”. In deploying innovative experiments with structure, form and language, Barrett Browning, Brontë and Mew repeatedly reveal fame’s double-edged nature, as something which may be alluring and enthralling in terms of desire, yet simultaneously silencing and threatening to the intellectual and creative life of the poet. The poems examined here consequently demonstrate that succumbing to fame is something which must be resisted at all costs in order to maintain personal and poetic integrity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article "Embedding the Unconscious in the Conscious: John Ashbery’s Sestina 'The Painter' Revisited" by Huixin Zhang explores John Ashbery's sestina "The Painter" from his debut collection "Some Trees." The article delves into how Ashbery's conscious artistry can absorb the philosophy of unconscious artistic creation through the structure of the sestina form. By analyzing the interrelatedness of the end words in the poem, the article argues that the seemingly rigid sestina form actually offers flexibility for the speaker to express inner thoughts. Ashbery's deliberate use of the sestina form reflects his engagement with Surrealism and the interplay between conscious and unconscious elements in artistic creation. [Extracted from the article]

Literary reading is an interactive process between a reader and a text that depends on a balance between cognitive effort and emotional rewards. By studying both the crucial features of the text and of the subjective reader reception, a better understanding of this interactive process can be reached. In the present study, subjects (N=31) read and rated a work of narrative fiction that was written in a poetic style, thereby offering the readers two pathways to cognitive rewards: Aesthetic appreciation and narrative immersion. Using purely text-based quantitative descriptors, we were able to independently and accurately predict the subjective ratings in the dimensions comprehensibility, valence, arousal, and liking across roughly 140 pages of naturalistic text. The specific text features that were most important in predicting each rating dimension are discussed in detail. In addition, the implications of the findings are discussed more generally in the context of existing models of literary processing and future research avenues for empirical literary studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article "An Eye for an Eye: Dickinson’s Vision and Emerson’s Visuality" explores the relationship between Ralph Waldo Emerson's transcendentalist ideas and Emily Dickinson's embodied visual experiences of nature. While Emerson's concept of the transparent eyeball symbolizes a union with nature and individual autonomy, Dickinson's poetry challenges this notion by focusing on personal encounters with nature. The article delves into how gender roles and imperialist ideology influenced their distinct perspectives on nature, highlighting Dickinson's critique of masculine dominance in American Romanticism. Through a comparison of visuality and vision, the article sheds light on the divergent approaches of Emerson and Dickinson towards nature and self-expression. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the exhibition "Sargent and Fashion" at Tate Britain, which explores John Singer Sargent's use of fashion in his portraits to express identity and personality. The exhibition showcases how Sargent manipulated dress to fashion his portraits across thematic sections, emphasizing his attention to detail in depicting garments. However, the article critiques the exhibition for focusing too much on contemporary fashion and not delving into the negotiations between Sargent and his sitters in styling their outfits. [Extracted from the article]

This article intends to reflect on art-based social work by highlighting the perception and involvement in art experiences of professionals in Portugal. It critically analyses the use of art as a process, method and technique that can be conceptualised as a social change approach. An exploratory survey was conducted among professionals belonging to the National Association. The survey used closed and open-ended questions, focused on professionals’ understanding of intervention and social change through art, artistic methodologies, and experiences in under degree and professional practice. The results show a low level of professional involvement with art, and for those who use art seem to have acquired post-graduate training and experience on this aspect. Art is a social change approach, focused on personal, community and sensitive to cultural/racial issues. Art-based social work focuses on freedom, and its usage in interventions is fostered by having training and professional experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article "The Hidden Paths. Interview with Pilar Cabrera Fonte" highlights the importance of the Juan Rulfo Fine Arts Prize for first novel, established in 1980 by the INBA of Mexico. Pilar Cabrera Fonte, winner in 2022 with the novel "Camelia 12", is an academic based in the United States. The interview reveals her writing process, literary influences such as Virginia Woolf and Virgilio Piñera, and her personal life, including her relationship with writing and the balance between family life and literary creation. [Extracted from the article]

This paper reexamines the meanings and values of Lin Tianmiao's (born 1961) The Proliferation of Thread Winding (1995) through an analysis of its materialities. Lin's Thread Winding has received much attention in feminist discourse, which tends to draw attention to the symbolic manifestations embedded in the act of winding, and in textiles and domestic objects—techniques and materials often associated with "women's work" within certain Western feminist critiques of women's art. This paper moves beyond the gendered lens of interpreting Lin's art, which has built on symbolic and metaphorical readings of the underlying visual representations, and instead turn to investigate how her work can be understood from the perspective of its discursive materialities, through which the art objects produce material signs (phenomenological effects) that indicate its previous process of art making. Drawing upon new materialist theories and the notion of affect, this paper understands the materialities of Lin's work as dynamic phenomena, emerging from ongoing intertwining relationships between human and nonhuman agencies. It examines how Lin's work constitutes a series of inquisitive investigations into multiple processes of making, and how affective qualities and critical knowledge can materialize in and through this process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Considering Roman art as a cumulative process could help resolve a small iconographical problem. Cubiculum N in the burial hypogeum under the Via Dino Compagni in Rome (c. 350–75 ce) features a series of figure scenes referencing the exploits of the mythological hero Hercules. One of these scenes, presently entitled Hercules Slaying an Unknown Enemy, has no direct equivalent in extant Roman art and so has proved difficult to identify. This article suggests that Hercules' battle with Cacus is most likely the incident referred to here. This is because Antonine medallions and coins, and third-century Roman sarcophagi, use imagery associated with the Cacus story that collectively could have contributed to the design of the Unknown Enemy panel. Further, identifying the defeated enemy as Cacus fits in with, and indeed helps to clarify, programmatic themes and associations already established in the other figure scenes in this funerary chamber. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since achieving political independence in the 1960s, Anglophone Caribbean nations have faced the urgent task of exploring cultural independence. In the socio-cultural sphere, Black nationalism dominated, with Pan-Africanism and Rastafarianism exerting significant influence. In literary creation, writers and intellectuals sought to unearth local popular religions and folk traditions to produce literature that was distinctively Caribbean. In this quest, rituals—especially those involving religious possession—emerged as pivotal tools for writers to explore historical traditions and reflect on identity formation. Ritual plays, in particular, vividly represented these dynamics within the socio-cultural context. This paper examines the interaction between Black nationalist movements and ritual plays during this period, highlighting their significant role in shaping Caribbean identities. It reveals that ritual plays such as Dream on Monkey Mountain, Couvade, and An Echo in the Bone challenge Pan-Africanism promoted by Black nationalist movements. Instead, they employ ancestor possession rituals and elements from multiple religious rituals to construct a native Caribbean identity. These plays underscore the central role of Afro-Caribbean traditions while also highlighting the region's diverse cultural heritage and the localized nature of Caribbean identity. Furthermore, they broaden the use of religious rituals in recalling and understanding traditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores how pop culture and new media have become vital tools for political expression and activism among Thai youth following the 2014 coup. Topics discussed include the role of symbolic gestures in protests, the integration of artistic expressions into political movements, and the evolving relationship between culture and politics in Thailand.

The exhibition Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse (2022) reexamined the British fashion designer's oeuvre by contextualizing select Alexander McQueen designs within art history. Juxtaposing permanent collection works that spanned media, eras, and cultures with McQueen's fashions, curators explored the cyclical nature of inspiration against the backdrop of appropriation in art history. As evidenced in his powerful collections, McQueen's artistic process ranged from thoughtful research and examination to Eurocentric revisions that were both critical of and at times complicit in the legacies of colonialism. This analysis of McQueen's artistic intent and process initially sought to uncover new frameworks for understanding the designer; however, the thematic conversations between encyclopedic objects also yielded new and unexpected insights for the museum's non-dress and textile art collections. Investigating McQueen's fashion collections through a broader art-historical lens enabled significant and mutually beneficial dialogues between both dress and non-dress art historians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Part of Plato's complaint about the cognitive status of art cites the pollution of aesthetic cognition by the affective side of our natures. Schopenhauer, by contrast, takes aesthetic cognition to transcend (some of) the limitations of everyday cognition precisely because in it agents become the " pure, will-less subject of cognition " (WWR I 219). On the orthodox reading of his later philosophy, Nietzsche scorns Plato and Schopenhauer's association of the value of art with its truthfulness. I challenge the orthodox reading and argue that one strand of art's value is its penetrative cognitive power. In contrast to Schopenhauer, Nietzsche understands this cognitive power to result from the embracing and exploitation of the affects in the artistic process rather than their extirpation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the possibility that Thomas Nashe, a writer from the Elizabethan era, was a pseudonym used by the Earl of Oxford. The author presents evidence suggesting linguistic and thematic similarities between Nashe's works and those of Shakespeare, as well as shared enemies and friends. The article also discusses allegorical references in Nashe's play that support the theory. The author argues that understanding Nashe as Oxford provides new insights into his works and highlights references from other writers that suggest they knew Nashe's true identity. The article questions the authenticity of certain documents and explores inconsistencies in Nashe's life that can be explained if he is understood as Oxford. [Extracted from the article]

The current art image classification methods have low recall and accuracy rate issues. To improve the classification performance of art images, a new adaptive classification method is designed employing multi-scale convolutional neural networks (CNNs). Firstly, the multi-scale Retinex algorithm with color recovery is used to complete the enhancement processing of art images. Then the extreme pixel ratio is utilized to evaluate the image quality and obtain the art image that can be analyzed. Afterward, edge detection technology is implemented to extract the key features in the image and use them as initial values of the item to be trained in the classification model. Finally, a multi-scale convolutional neural network (CNN) is constructed by using extended convolutions, and the characteristics of each level network are set. The decision fusion method based on maximum output probability is employed to calculate different subclassifies' probabilities and determine the final category of an input image to realize the art image adaptive classification. The experimental results show that the proposed method can effectively improve the recall rate and precision rate of art images and obtain reliable image classification results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the history and representation of gender in the James Bond film franchise. It highlights the contributions of women working behind the scenes, such as producers, casting directors, and wardrobe mistresses, and examines their impact on the making and presentation of the Bond films. The article also acknowledges the need for further research on women in below-the-line roles and women of color in the industry. Overall, the article aims to provide a more inclusive and diverse perspective on the women behind James Bond. [Extracted from the article]

The recent emergence of generative AI, particularly prompt-based models, and its embedding in many social domains and practices has revived the notion of co-creation and distributed agency already familiar in art practice and theory. Drawing on Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and its central notion of agency, this article explores the extent to which the collaboration between the artist and AI represents a new form of co-creation and distributed agency. It compares AI art with artistic movements such as Dada, Surrealism, Minimalism and Conceptual Art, which also challenged the notion of the autonomous artist and her agency by incorporating randomness on the one hand and rule-based systems on the other. In contrast, artistic practice with AI can be described as an iterative process of creative feedback loops, oscillating between order and disorder, (calculated) randomness and calculation, enabling a very specific kind of self-reflection and entanglement with the alienation of one's own perspective. Furthermore, this article argues that most artistic projects that explore and work with AI are, in their own specific way, a demonstration of hybridity and entanglement, as well as the distribution of agency between the human and the non-human, and can thus be described as a network phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Contemporary art consumption is predominantly online, driven by algorithmic recommendation systems that dictate artwork visibility. Despite not being designed for curation, these algorithms' machinic ways of seeing play a pivotal role in shaping visual culture, influencing artistic creation, visibility, and associated social and financial benefits. The Algorithmic Pedestal was a gallery, practice-based research project that reported gallerygoers' perceptions of a human's curation and curation achieved by Instagram's algorithm. This paper presents a technical analysis of the same exhibit using computer vision code, offering insights into machines' perception of visual art. The computer vision code assigned values on various metrics to each image, allowing statistical comparisons to identify differences between the collections of images selected by the human and the algorithmic system. The analysis reveals statistically significant differences between the exhibited images and the broader Metropolitan Museum of Art digital collection. However, the analysis found minimal distinctions between human-curated and Instagram-curated images. This study contributes insights into the perceived value of the curation process, shedding light on how audiences perceive artworks differently from machines using computer vision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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When different disciplines coexist within the same work or operation, we speak of a "multidisciplinary" practice. In addition, there are also artistic practices that develop a coherent artistic vision across the boundaries of disciplines. In such cases, various disciplines are so closely intertwined that distinguishing between them is actually irrelevant. In that case, one can speak of a "transdisciplinary" practice. This transdisciplinarity is not limited to the arts: some artists or organizations also break down the boundaries with other societal domains such as science, care, or education in the artistic process. Kristof Timmerman, chairman of the research group Maxlab on digital art within the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, advocates for more transdisciplinary collaboration with non-artists within the ecosystem of an art academy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Anatomical and other changes during radiotherapy will cause inaccuracy of dose distributions, therefore the expectation for online adaptive radiation therapy (ART) is high in effectively reducing uncertainties due to intra‐variation. However, ART requires extensive time and effort. This study investigated an adaptive assessment workflow based on fractional cone‐beam computed tomography (CBCT) images. Methods: Image registration, synthetic CT (sCT) generation, auto‐segmentation, and dose calculation were implemented and integrated into ArcherQA Adaptive Check. The rigid registration was based on ITK open source. The deformable image registration (DIR) method was based on a 3D multistage registration network, and the sCT generation method was performed based on a 2D cycle‐consistent adversarial network (CycleGAN). The auto‐segmentation of organs at risk (OARs) on sCT images was finished by a deep learning‐based auto‐segmentation software, DeepViewer. The contours of targets were obtained by the structure‐guided registration. Finally, the dose calculation was based on a GPU‐based Monte Carlo (MC) dose code, ArcherQA. Results: The dice similarity coefficient (DSCs) were over 0.86 for target volumes and over 0.79 for OARs. The gamma pass rate of ArcherQA versus Eclipse treatment planning system was more than 99% at the 2%/2 mm criterion with a low‐dose threshold of 10%. The time for the whole process was less than 3 min. The dosimetric results of ArcherQA Adaptive Check were consistent with the Ethos scheduled plan, which can effectively identify the fractions that need the implementation of the Ethos adaptive plan. Conclusion: This study integrated AI‐based technologies and GPU‐based MC technology to evaluate the dose distributions using fractional CBCT images, demonstrating remarkably high efficiency and precision to support future ART processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Gender-based violence (GBV), or violence perpetrated against someone based on their gender stemming from gender norms and/or unequal power dynamics, impacts women worldwide. It is well documented that during reproductive years, women face a heightened risk of experiencing GBV; however, the impacts of these experiences remain complex. While some literature points to negative health impacts for both mothers and children following experiences of GBV, other research has revealed that for some women, being a mother serves as a source of strength in addressing violence. More research is needed to address this dichotomy in findings, however, many barriers to research participation exist for this vulnerable population. Arts-informed research, a method underscored by empathy, support, and holding space for participants, has been identified as potential conduit to break down potential barriers. Therefore, the purpose of this qualitative, cross-sectional study was to explore the process of arts creation as an arts-informed research method among mothers with experiences of GBV. Guided by Thorne's interpretive description, 13 mothers created a visual art form that reflected their experience of mothering in the context of GBV, before, during, and after which participants were encouraged to journal about the experience. Following the art creation, individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted via Zoom to explore the process of art creation and interpretation of the art form. Analysis revealed two distinct but interrelated themes, including: (1) the process of participating in the art creation; and (2) the process of journaling to create. The arts-informed research process afforded new insights, including those that are typically not accessible through traditional qualitative data collection methods. Future research should explore structural factors that exist that enable mothers with experiences of GBV to fully participate and benefit from arts-informed methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the concept of prosthetic memory and textual inheritance by analyzing Nicole Krauss's novel, "The History of Love," with the insights of philosopher Bernard Stiegler. Stiegler argues that texts act as posthuman mechanisms that transmit knowledge and memory. He emphasizes the interdependent relationship between technology and culture, highlighting the significance of technological artifacts in preserving societal practices and enabling new ways of incorporating technical objects into our connection with the past. Krauss's novel exemplifies this idea by showing how texts and images serve as prosthetic aids for memory, allowing for the preservation and transmission of the past. The article also discusses the role of technology in preserving and reconstructing historical memory, enabling the present generation to engage with and comprehend narratives from unfamiliar pasts. It uses the example of a young girl named Alma Singer to illustrate this concept, as she seeks to understand her father's language and her literary namesake. The article suggests that our interactions with technology shape the future of memory. [Extracted from the article]

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are rapidly transforming the field of traditional artistic creation, influencing painting processes and human creativity. This study explores human–AI cooperation in real-time artistic drawing by using the AIGC tool KREA.AI. Participants wear eye trackers and perform drawing tasks by adjusting the AI parameters. The research aims to investigate the impact of cross-screen and non-cross-screen conditions, as well as different viewing strategies, on cognitive load and the degree of creative stimulation during user–AI collaborative drawing. Adopting a mixed design, it examines the influence of different cooperation modes and visual search methods on creative efficacy and visual perception through eye-tracking data and creativity performance scales. The cross-screen type and task type have a significant impact on total interval duration, number of fixation points, average fixation duration, and average pupil diameter in occlusion decision-making and occlusion hand drawing. There are significant differences in the variables of average gaze duration and average pupil diameter among different task types and cross-screen types. In non-cross-screen situations, occlusion and non-occlusion have a significant impact on average gaze duration and pupil diameter. Tasks in non-cross-screen environments are more sensitive to visual processing. The involvement of AI in hand drawing in non-cross-screen collaborative drawing by designers has a significant impact on their visual perception. These results help us to gain a deeper understanding of user behaviour and cognitive load under different visual tasks and cross-screen conditions. The analysis of the creative efficiency scale data reveals significant differences in designers' ability to supplement and improve AI ideas across different modes. This indicates that the extent of AI participation in the designer's hand-drawn creative process significantly impacts the designer's behaviour when negotiating design ideas with the AI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractNon-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are transforming the digital art by allowing artists to sell unique, one-of-a-kind digital artwork that is verified on the blockchain. Although NFTs have attracted much attention from academia and industry, little is known about this innovative art practice. In this work, we focus on how NFT artists understand their art creation process, interact with NFT marketplaces, and face challenges in their NFT practices. We conducted a mixed-method study, including interviews with 19 artists and an analysis of market transactions on OpenSea and SuperRare. We found that serialization and Web3 concepts are significant features in NFT artwork creations, and artists utilize artificial intelligence and smart contracts to create artworks incorporating these features. Artists perceived that blockchain features like transparency, openness, and authentication strongly influenced their NFT trading experiences, and they also encountered challenges such as determining artwork value, rights ownership, and addressing technical issues in the creation process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores the author's reflections on the roles of leading and following, drawing parallels between ballroom dancing and spiritual guidance. Through personal experiences as a ballroom dancer and insights from John Henry Newman's writings, the author contemplates the challenges of relinquishing control and trusting in divine direction. The author grapples with the complexities of obedience, pride, doubt, and faith, ultimately seeking clarity and guidance in navigating the spiritual journey. The metaphor of dancing with a partner is used to illustrate the nuanced and unique nature of following divine guidance, acknowledging the limitations of human understanding in comprehending the vastness of God. [Extracted from the article]

Hüseyin Nihal Atsiz, with his works, is one of the most important thinkers and writers of twentieth century Turkish literature, history and culture. This aspect of Atsiz has been a guiding factor in studying his works of theoretical and fictional genre, in terms of ancient Turkish beliefs and culture. In the study, the qualitative research method applied, the data collection tool was the author's works and the data obtained was content analysis. From this perspective, a content analysis was made up about important data on ancient Turkish beliefs and culture, seen especially in the novels Deli Kurt, Ruh Adam and Bozkurt. With this analysis, the reflections of ancient Turkish beliefs and culture from the past to the present were evaluated. It was thought that, until their acceptance of Islam in a mass, Turks led a nomadic life, transitioned to settled life (Uyghurs) and interacted with different cultures, civilizations and religions for socio-economic reasons. In this study; in addition to showing the effects of lifestyles, factors such as war and migration and cultural relations on beliefs and culture, it is aimed to reflect the religions and beliefs accepted by the Turks in historical process on literary works and to express Atsız's views on culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A growing body of scholarship has worked to recover the vocal dimensions of early modern reading and the effects of aural reading cultures on literary composition. Where these studies have focused on the relationship between the human voice and early modern texts, this article examines how the seventeenth-century royalist prisoner Sir John Gibson deploys early modern ideas about birds and birdsong as he seeks consolation through the material and textual processes of literary composition, manuscript compilation, and epistolary exchange. These efforts are evident in his physical and imaginative construction of his miscellany (BL Add 37719) as possessing bird-like capacities for movement and communication. While Gibson's miscellany does draw on familiar seventeenth-century ideas about music and the human voice, I argue that his invocations of birds and birdsong produce intriguing and powerful claims for the ways written texts can extend the capabilities of the human voice and body. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article, "Translation of Evald Ilyenkov, 'Notes on Wagner'," explores the misconceptions surrounding composer Richard Wagner and his music. It argues that Wagner's work goes beyond his orchestration skills and should be understood as a reflection of historical events and transformations of the 19th century. The article delves into the philosophical influences on Wagner's compositions, particularly Tristan and The Ring of the Nibelung. It also discusses the significance of characters like Siegfried and the themes of gold and power in The Ring. The text concludes by analyzing the philosophical themes present in the opera and its symbolism. [Extracted from the article]

The article explores the similarities between the kisses in Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus and English playwright William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, arguing that Shakespeare rewrites moments of spiritual transgression into erotic encounters. Topics include the direct influence of Marlowe on Shakespeare's portrayal of love, the theme of idolatry and its implications in both plays, and the broader context of Marlowe's impact on Shakespeare's development as a tragedian.

With the wide application of deep learning technology in various fields, its potential in artistic creation has gradually attracted attention. This research focuses on the application of deep learning in the creation of traditional Chinese landscape painting and its cultural and aesthetic impact. First, the research comprehensively analyzes the existing deep learning algorithms and the basic elements of Chinese landscape painting to determine the most suitable model architecture. Then, through several rounds of experiments, various training parameters are adjusted and the optimal network configuration is determined. In terms of assessment, the study uses a variety of indicators, including visual quality and technical performance, as well as in-depth cultural and aesthetic analysis. The results show that deep learning not only effectively improves visual quality and technical performance, but also has a positive impact on culture and aesthetics. Although there are some limitations, such as high computational requirements and reliance on large amounts of training data, corresponding solutions are also proposed. This study provides a powerful experimental basis for the integration of Chinese traditional art and modern science and technology, and promotes the research in this field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Autistic traits are found throughout the general population, but their link to creative attributes has received little attention in childhood populations. In adults, autistic traits are linked to both creative benefits and disadvantages, moderated by the autistic trait and the creative domain under investigation. The current study investigates the link between autistic traits and creative attributes (creative personality traits, creative talent, creative artistic choices) in children aged 10–14 years. Autistic traits were measured using the Adolescent‐AQ, both globally (AQ‐Total) and for individual subscales (AQ‐Attention to detail, AQ‐Imagination, and "AQ‐Core", i.e., combining AQ‐Social skills, AQ‐Attention switching, AQ‐Communication). Using child and parent reports, data from 149 children revealed an association between autistic traits and creative personality traits (both positive and negative) while also showing a (weaker) relationship with creative artistic choices. Global and core autistic symptoms negatively predicted creative personality traits. At the same time, AQ‐Imagination predicted lower creative attributes across nearly all creative domains. Finally, and in contrast, AQ‐Attention to detail positively predicted a number of creative attributes (i.e., creative personality traits, creative talent). Our results show how autistic traits map to a range of creative attributes, across children in the general population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research paper delves into the intricate role of music as a symbolic form in Pascal Quignard's novel Tous les matins du monde, exploring its capacity to convey profound human emotions and experiences. Set against the backdrop of 17th-century France, the narrative follows the lives of Monsieur de Sainte Colombe and Marin Marais, renowned viola da gamba players, to contemplate the essence of music and its representation of human sentiment. The paper examines the semiotic nature of music, its relationship with memory and emotion, and the philosophical inquiry into music's intrinsic value as an art form. It also discusses the novel's adaptation into a film and its impact on the revival of Baroque music. Furthermore, the paper draws parallels between the myth of Orpheus and the characters' personal journeys, highlighting the transformative power of music and its ability to transcend reality. The analysis is grounded in the works of various scholars, including Ferdinand de Saussure, Suzanne Langer, and Charles Sanders Peirce, to provide a comprehensive understanding of music's symbolic essence in Quignard's literary creation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]