James Bridle (1980-) is an English author, artist and technologist who studied computer science and cognitive science, and wrote his dissertation on creative applications of AI. Bridle prefers they/them pronouns when referring to self, which makes some sense after reading his 2022 book, Ways of Being. ‘Their’ writings have appeared in media such as the Wired, Domus, the Atlantic, and others, and...
James P. Carse (1932-2020) was an American academic and author, who taught as a professor of history and literature of religion at New York University for thirty years, and also was the Director of the Religious Studies.
Philip Glass (1937-) is an American composer and pianist. Growing up, he took violin, flute and piano lessons, while his mother worked as a librarian, and his father ran his record store. In 1952, Philip enrolled at the University of Chicago.
KANGAROO NOTEBOOK(Source: www.amazon.com.tr) Kobo Abe (1924-1993) was a Japanese author, acting studio founder/teacher, musician. He studied medicine both because of the persuasion of his father who had a clinic, and also to avoid being enlisted for war. After his father’s death in 1945, he started writing, and also married M.Yamada who was an artist and stage director. Their daughter was...
Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) was a Dutch historian/cultural historian and author. He studied Indo-European languages and comparative philology, writing his doctoral thesis on the role of the jester in Indian drama. He taught as a history professor most of his life. Later in his life, his protest of the Nazi occupation of his country led him to be detained, and he was prevented from going back to...
Lebbeus Woods (1940-2012) was an American architect, artist, theoretician and educator. His father was an Air Force officer, involved in the development and testing of the atomic bomb, dying at the age of 52 from leukemia probably due to radiation poisoning. Woods says, until his father's death, he spent his free time reading, drawing, hanging out around jet aircraft and their pilots. His...
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944) was an Italian author, art theorist and founder of the Futurist movement. Raised in Egypt where he developed an interest in literature, he was almost expelled for publicizing Zola's scandalous novels in school. He then studied in Paris, later graduating with a law degree in Italy; pursuing his interest in literature then on. He authored the first Futurist...
Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973) was an Austrian poet and author. She studied philosophy, psychology,