About Ideas and Imagination
Ideasandimagination.com is not a blog. (I am sure no one cares what I had for breakfast last week or what I am doing at this moment. It is a site created for the enjoyment of people who delight in the life of the mind. The content will include written observations, artwork, musical performances, and spoken word recordings. My intent is to engage all aspects of the life of the mind:
- The Arts
- Music (all genres and styles including classical, folk, and rock)
- Painting and drawing
- Sculpture
- Literature (including spoken word recordings of stories and poetry)
- New media and artforms
- Humanities
- Social issues
- Religion
- The human person in the world and in society
- Science*
- Life sciences
- Physical sciences
∗ I myself am not a scientist, but I believe that there are many scientific ideas that are accessible to the well-read layman with assiduous application. (Whew!)
About the Author
The author of ideasandimagination.com is me, Chris Brune. I am a retired librarian who now makes my living as a musician, artist, writer, and creativity teacher. Anything I put on ideasandimagination.com will be:
- Thoroughly researched: This is not Wikipedia. I will fact check and cite sources for everthing put on the site.
- Created by me: Writings, music performances, artwork will all be original creations, my cover of existing musical works or my analysis of well known artworks.
- Brief and engaging: My main goal is to have you stop in, enjoy a few minutes of engaging content and have something to think about for the rest of your day.
How to Use the Website
Of course you are welcome to use ideasandimagination.com any way you wish. But I have some recommendations that may make it more enjoyable.
First of all, come to the site at the start of your day and check out the daily meditation. This will be a short, thought-provoking writing that will give you something to ponder in your quiet moments. And there will be an opportunity to comment on the meditation and compare notes with other viewers.
Next check out the artwork page. Here I will put original artworks specifically designed to fit in a standard-sized frame and mat. Download the artwork, print and mount. You can change the artworks as I put them up each week and have a steady flow of interesting things to hang on your walls.
Listening to a story teller is one of the oldest forms of entertainment. We re-create that experience here with spoken word recordings. Go to the spoken word page and listen to the offerings, or download them and copy them to CD-ROM or your I-Pod to listen to whilst on the road.
Chautauqua was a movement for popular education that flourished at about the turn of the 20th century. Like ideasandimagination.com, Chautauqua embraced every aspect of the life of the mind. My program, The New Chautauqua, recaptures this spirit. At the New Chautauqua page, you can listen to and view favorite selections from my programs.
At any rate, I cannot wait to get started on "ideasandimagination.com." I do hope you will come and visit.