Writings on art and science

saturate, incubate, illuminate, verify

Since 2004, Lucy Rupert has been interviewing artists and scientists on their processes and inspirations, and writing about creative process

Ogres of Life: Serge Bennathan and the original cast of "Chronicles of a Simple Life"
“Because our conceptual systems grow out of our bodies, meaning is grounded in and through our bodies. Because a vast range of our concepts are metaphorical, meaning is not entirely literal.” Lakoff and Johnson, Philosophy of the Flesh, p. 6)
Meaning is embodied. This is true for the meanings found by the dancer and by the audience member. Dance strives to reveal something to the audience, perhaps something they didn’t realize they needed to know. In the best situations, this audience experience happens viscerally and invisibly.
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my battery is pure love: creative process of "heartless" part 1
I fly through utter blackness. On one of those small planes that seats 50 people, the depth of the blackness is vivid. I am passing through a portal. Who knows what is on the other side? Well, most of the other people on the plane know. This is their daily commute. But for me it is flying into a myth.
I am nervous.
I am running.
I am obsolete.
I am stumbling.
I am a calculator.
I am a bird watcher.
I am perpetual motion.
I am an elevated heart rate.
I am scared that I am not enough.
I am full of love.

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