Tag Archives: Creative Process

Sunrise from the front porch

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Xhyra Graf

Sunrise from the front porch Originally uploaded by XhyraGraf And on the seventh hour She rested… Something appropriate about this picture because the sun was coming up like a big bald head [I wonder if anyone will get that reference] … Continue reading →

Posted in Artwork, Creative Process, Journal, Mindful Awareness, OpenSim, Simulation, transhuman, Virtual Reality, VR, Xhyra Graf | Tagged Artwork, Creative Process, Flow, Mind Type, OpenSim, SEER Model, Self Type, transhumanism, Xhyra Graf | Leave a comment

Rearranging my Second Life

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Xhyra Graf

To follow up on this post finally… I’ve had this home for a bit. Well, since the first moments that SecondLife began offering them to premium members. However, I never really used it. Why? There are several reasons, the primary … Continue reading →

Posted in Artwork, Creative Process, META, Open Studio, PhD, Second Life, SL, TAO Zone, Virtual Reality, VR, Xhyra Graf | Tagged Artwork, Creative Process, NoumenArt, OpenSim, Second Life, SL, Visual Philosophy, Xhyra Graf, XhyraGraf | 1 Comment

Digitally Extended Memory Aids within the Visual Artist’s Creative Process

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Xhyra Graf

Fuck it. NOT to be presented at the 3rd Global Conference on Digital Memories because I still haven’t received the money for the 2010 South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Arts Fellowship. Posted this update on 03/06/2011 because I … Continue reading →

Posted in Artefact, Autobiographical Memory, Creative Process, Expanded|Extended Cognition, External Memory Aids, External Observer, Interdisciplinary Approach, Metacognition, Phenomenological Approach, Phenomenology, Verbal Overshadowing, Virtual Reality, Xhyra Graf | Tagged Creative Process, digital humanities, Fuck it, Metacognition, Phenomenological Approach, Second Life, Xhyra Graf | Leave a comment

Manic Monday Meltdown

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Xhyra Graf

Update 09/24/2010: Postponed indefinitely. Remodelling TAO Zone SL MMM, originally uploaded by XhyraGraf. Mondays from 3pm to 5pm SLT First meeting in Second Life: Sept. 20th Slurl: http://bit.ly/bDN9SE http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hartwick/102/17/115 MANIC MONDAY MELTDOWN is a meeting time for artists [and other … Continue reading →

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Fodder II

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Xhyra Graf

Or is it Cosmoscope III? Pfft! Wonders if the research proposal could be facilitated by simple cut and paste from this blog, doh! Also wonder if this qualifies as part of my penchant for verbalizing things before I’m ready and screwing … Continue reading →

Posted in Artwork Ideas, Chalmers, Cosmoscope, META | Tagged Cosmoscope, Creative Process, Elaborate, META, Xhyra Graf | 1 Comment

Cosmoscope II

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Xhyra Graf

From Chalmers’ Locke Lectures, Oxford 2010: Definitional Scrutability: All truths logically entailed by base truths and definitions. Analytic Scrutability: All truths analytically entailed by base truths. Primitive Scrutability: All truths a priori (analytically?) scrutable from truths involving primitive concepts. ____________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading →

Posted in Artwork, Artwork Ideas, Chalmers, Cosmoscope, Elaborate, External Memory Aids, Simulation, SL, Virtual Reality | Tagged Catalog Type, Creative Process, META, Metacognition, Mind Type, Second Life, SEER Model, Self Type, System Type | Leave a comment

Ineffability of Insight

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Xhyra Graf

Schooler & Melcher[1995]. Ineffability of Insight, pp 97-133 in The Creative Cognitive Approach, Smith et al - Editors Intro-Yay! p98: “If insight represents only a small portion of the full creative process, it nevertheless constitutes one of the major sources of ineffability with which discussions … Continue reading →

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Nature of Insight II

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Xhyra Graf

The Nature of Insight, Sternberg & Davidson, Editors © 1996 The MIT Press | Epilogue – Schooler et al. How Impasses are Overcome – there seem to be a lot of ways to resolve being stuck Improving Solving Recognition Deemphasizing Problem Elements Forgetting … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Process, Insight, Insight Event, META, Schooler | Tagged Creative Process, Insight, Insight Event, META, Schooler | 1 Comment

Nature of Insight

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Xhyra Graf

The Nature of Insight, Sternberg & Davidson, Editors © 1996 The MIT Press | Epilogue – Schooler et al. – Found some of this applicable/interesting. Important to make a distinction between the Insight Event and explanations of insight problems [or different … Continue reading →

Posted in Cosmoscope, CPREA, Creative Act, Creative Process, Creativity, Insight, Insight Event, Phenomenology, Process, Schooler | Tagged Cosmoscope, CPREA, Creative Act, Creative Process, Insight, Insight Event, Phenomenology, Process, Schooler | 1 Comment

This sleeping stuff is for the birds…

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Xhyra Graf

unedited Originally uploaded by XhyraGraf Trying to make sure I get enough rest but… this means I don’t get to do as much as I would like to do. In fact, it means I don’t get to do as much … Continue reading →

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