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Completed Syllabus and the Generous Choice of “Shipping”

The syllabus for my Psychology of Learning is complete (P325 Syllabus Summer 2023). It doesn’t look like a typical syllabus. It will let any student know immediately that the course they signed up for is something different. It took a look of extra time and effort. However, now comes the hard part… choosing to ship […]

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Creative Serendipity (or What Happens When You Throw Out the Roadmap)

One of the greatest upsides of infusing art into your work is what I like to call “creative serendipity”. Now, infusing art into your work, whatever your work is, doesn’t mean that you add fancy designs to your work, trying to make it visually appealing. Rather, it is “human act, a generous contribution, something that

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Leap Before You Look… Seth Godin’s “Leap First: Creating Work That Matters”

If there is one book (technically, audiobook) that is responsible for this blog’s existence, it is Seth Godin’s “Leap First: Creating Work That Matters“. If you’ve ever had a great idea that never made it to the real world, “Leap First” could be just what you need. In the world of personal and professional growth,

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What to Do When an Art Project Goes Overtime? Ten Questions to Ask.

For anyone who has ever undertaken an art project, that is, a project where there is no definite roadmap to completion, the pain from underestimating the time necessary to complete the project is all too familiar. You may have thought the project would take three days to complete, only to see the time balloon to

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Orville Peck as The Lone Rider in “Big Sky”

Orville Peck as The Lone Rider in “Big Sky” Here it is, the completed repurposed comicbook of The Lone Rider #1 (Apr. 1951) for Orville Peck’s song “Big Sky”. Enjoy! Coming Soon: the music video adaptation. Stay tuned! Original art available here: https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=23819

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Why Repurpose Comicbook Art? Constraints on the Creative Process

Repurposed comicbook art is produced by taking existing comicbook art (e.g., the cover for “The Lone Rider” #10, Oct. 1952), and modifying it for another purpose (e.g., a comicbook music video for “Big Sky” by Orville Peck). That is, you take art made for one purpose (to tell a heroic Western adventure story), and modify

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The Lone Rider as Orville Peck Announcement

“The Lone Rider” was a comic book published by Ajax-Ferrell’s Superior Comics in April 1951[1]. It was a western-frontier genre comic book that featured the masked character “The Lone Rider” who appeared on his horse Lightning whenever trouble threatened in the 1880s American west[2]. Orville Peck is a South African country musician based in Canada.

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Welcome to Paladinsane’s World

Welcome to Paladinsane’s World! Here you will find content on a myriad of topics dealing with:   Research: Insights from both my research in the psychology of art and perception, as well as a curated collection of science that makes me say “how fascinating!”   Teaching: Selections from my lessons in psychology. Psychology is a

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