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T o o l s U s e d t o A e s t h e t i c i z e O u r P o l i t i c a l L i f e T h e i n t e r n e t , s o c i a l m e d i a , c o m p u t e r s , m o b i l e p h o n e s a n d t h e m a i n s t r e a m m e d i a . T h e s e t o o l s h a v e b e c o m e w e a p o n i z e d t o p r o d u c e f e a r m o n g e r i n g , s u r v e i l l a n c e c a p i t a l i s m a n d m i n d c o n t r o l . I u s e t h e s e v e r y s a m e t o o l s t o c r e a t e a r t t h a t i s a n a c t o f r e s i s t a n c e i n a n a g e o f t e c h n o l o g i c a l r e p r o d u c i b i l i t y .

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T e a c h i n g P h i l o s o p h y I t r y t o i n s p i r e l e a r n i n g a n d c u r i o s i t y . I w o r k t o s t i m u l a t e t h e i m a g i n a t i o n I h e l p s t u d e n t s u n d e r s t a n d : C r e a t i v i t y i s a p r o c e s s t h a t s t r i v e s t o c r e a t e o r i g i n a l i d e a s o f v a l u e . I n n o v a t i o n i s s i m p l y p u t t i n g c r e a t i v i t y i n t o p r a c t i c e .

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T h e R o l e o f G e n e r a t i v e P r o c e s s e s I m p o r t a n t c o m p o n e n t o f c r e a t i v i t y . D e v e l o p e d t o o l s t o a l l o w i t e r a t i v e m e t h o d s , s t r e s s t e s t i n g s o l u t i o n s a n d d e v e l o p i n g p r o t o t y p e s . C o n c i o u s l y e m b r a c i n g c h a n c e , a l l o w i n g t h e p r o c e s s i t s e l f t o p r e s e n t s o l u t i o n s . H e l p e d t h e m c o n s i d e r t h e i r r o l e a s e i t h e r a n a r t i s t o r s c i e n t i s t w i t h i n t h e i r c r e a t i v e p r o c e s s .

Selected Bibliography Benjamin, Walter. The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media . Edited by Michael W. Jennings et al. Translated by Edmund Jephcott et al. The Belnap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, 2008 Robert Spahr rspahr@siu.edu http://www.robertspahr.com