by Kourosh | Oct 26, 2009 | On Mind, On Music
“If the art is created with the whole person, then the work will come out whole.” – Stephen Nachmanovitch, from Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art ...
by Kourosh | Oct 12, 2009 | On Mind
While meditation may seem like something soft and squishy, it really does have the potential for giving the individual a lot of power in honing attention and increasing a certain richness in life. However, starting a practice may not be the highest priority...
by Kourosh | Aug 5, 2009 | On Mind, On Technology
Similar to Portal, Braid is a puzzle game. Puzzles are important to the mind as they offer the opportunity to grow … There are a number of definitions for “puzzle”, but one I would like to focus on here is: “a particularly baffling problem that is...
by Kourosh | May 11, 2009 | On Mind, On Technology
The question of are “video games art” (one, two, three) just feels wrong. It seems like there’s something wrong with the question itself. Video games are a medium. Art has long been an act done across medium and continues to search for new...
by Kourosh | Apr 23, 2009 | On Mind, On Technology
There’s this newfound, well not really newfound, but – idea that kids should have some sort of freedoms …Here’s one article that considers kids learning independence in a time where such notions raise feelings of anxiety. In fact, there’s...
