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Welcome to Celebrate Creativity - Episode 427 -  Yesterday and Tomorrow

Let's get back to a brief look at American Sign Language - remember American Sign Language or ASL is the natural language of the deaf.

It might be a good idea to review the five parameters of American Sign Language.  Asl

They are Location: Where on the body the sign is made.

Movement: The way the sign moves...

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Welcome to Celebrate Creativity - Episode 427 - Hear the Hungry Lion

When we left the previous episode I was working with Gemini to make my Master thesis about interpreting Shakespeare's place for the deaf more understandable.  And Gemini said -

Okay, here's the next section, revised for a seventh-grade reading level. I've broken down the longer paragraphs and used simpler language to ...

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Welcome to celebrate creativity - episode 426 - Signing Shakespeare

In graduate school, I did a master thesis called Signing Shakespeare regarding interpreting the works of Shakespeare and Performance into American Sign Language for the deaf.  Now the problem is that the language of the paper was certainly appropriate for graduate School, but way over the head of the normal, average person - in other words th...

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Welcome back to celebrate creativity - Episode 425 - From Stratford to London. Today, we're going on a very special Elizabethan journey, not into one of Shakespeare's plays, but into the writer’s very own life - a life that was surprisingly simple. Who was the man who created all these amazing characters and stories? Where did he come from? And then we will look at his writings from using a fascinating form ...

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Welcome to celebrate Poe  episode 417 - Why Dickens Still Matters, Part One

This first quote is from a George Gissing in 1898 - he famously said -

I suppose that for at least five and 20 years of his life, there was not an English speaking household in the world where his name was not as familiar as that of any personal acquaintance, and where an illusion to characters of his creating could fail to b...

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Welcome to celebrate creativity episode 422 - Dickens and london, part two

Sure, Charles Dickens was a master at portraying the poor population of London, often with a mix of stark realism, deep pathos, and sometimes even a touch of grotesque caricature to highlight their plight. He didn't just describe their outward appearance; he delved into their living conditions, their desperation, and their of...

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Welcome to celebrate creativity - pisode 423 - Poe the Swimmer

I am going to be taking some time off from this podcast - I think I have had almost 30 episodes in the past month - and devote the time to just doing podcasts and doing them right - with the sound effects and some really fascinating subjects.  

As of today this podcast has had almost 23,000 downloads in nearly 100 countries and territorie...

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Welcome to Celebrate Creativity - Episode 424 - Things to Come -

If you are listening to this podcast episode, that means I have a few more minutes on my podcasting hosting time - just enough for this episode. I am taking some time off from recording to concentrate on writing episodes that are more Direct, interesting, and just generally a better experience. One of the subjects that I know I will be delving i...

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Welcome to Celebrate Creativity Episode 419 Why Does Dickens Matter,  Part 2

We begin this podcast episode with a few more excerpt by Dickens that showcase his masterful description of the common person.

1. The Hard-Working, Overwhelmed Clerk (from A Christmas Carol)
Here's Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's clerk, illustrates the quiet dignity and hardship of the working poor:

"The ...

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This is the third and final installment - for now - of my online conversation with Gemini concerning Charles Dickens the man.

Gemini began with 

Let's zoom in on the very essence of our podcast's title: creativity, specifically in the context of Dickens's own development. How did this extraordinary mind first show signs of his unparalleled creative genius, and how did that creativity e...

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Welcome to celebrate Poe  episode 417 - Why Dickens Still Matters, Part One

This first quote is from a George Gissing in 1898 - he famously said -

I suppose that for at least five and 20 years of his life, there was not an English speaking household in the world where his name was not as familiar as that of any personal acquaintance, and where an illusion to characters of his creating could fail to b...

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Welcome to celebrate creativity formally celebrate pro - Episode 416 Why Use Gemini - In this podcast, one of the areas I want to emphasize is writing an effective prompt, and the information that can be gained from it. 

Now I had used Google Bard, Chat GPT, perplexity.ai, and Gemini (which I found out was originally Google bard and has become my favorite of the major AIs out there currently) and I wanted to ...

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Welcome to Celebrate Creativity - Episode 417 - Creativity for Dummies

In this episode, I want to go out of my way to keep things basic - to delve into the elements of human creativity.

I asked Gemini - could you use clear and basic language to explain what creativity is using simple and basic language.

Sure - Think of creativity not as some magical dust that automatically happens, but as a ...

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Welcome to Celebrate Creativity, Episode 414 - Childhood Creativity, Part 1

First I'd like to say that I have a new cover art for this podcast series. It is of course the title, celebrate creativity, and an AI graphic rendition from some basic text prompt of a child whose face is full of wonderment and creativity. And I think his expression perfectly captures the wonderment of a child engrossed in creati...

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Welcome to celebrate creativity - episode 415 - childhood creativity, part  two  

Well, let’s start off with a brief look at How Adults Can Cultivate More Flow in Their Lives:

Identify Your "Flow Activities": What are the tasks or hobbies where you already feel this sense of deep absorption? It could be anything from cooking, playing a sport, writing, painting, problem-solving at work, or e...

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Welcome to Celebrate Creativity - Episode 412 - Talking to Your Computer

I guess you could say, in some areas, I can be sort of an overachiever. All the research papers that I had to do for undergraduate school thesis - amounted to almost 1000 pages - and my thesis for my masters degree was over 200 pages - and I had to revise it thee times - and each of my podcasts is at least 10 pages (I always like to have...

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Welcome to Celebrate Creativity - This is Episode 413 - AI for a Heat Stroke

Now I know that up til now - I have basically been giving you fanciful examples of what might go into a prompt for some imaginary purposes - Edgar Poe applying for a job at a pet rental company or Edgar Poe 6th and Emily Dickinson 6th writing a book - that was DEFINITELY role playing with imaginary characters - I don’t know of any re...

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Welcome to Celebrate Creativity episode 411 - poe and Emily

In this episode, I want to take another look at an AI prompt that is basically an example of role-playing - see if you can follow the ebb and flow of the concepts. 

I do a podcast where I am introducing some AI principles - such as the purpose of a prompt.  In this rather outlandish example, I want to do a faux prompt or example prompt to a ...

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Welcome to Celebrate Creativity - Episode 408  - Rent a Black Cat!

Hopefully this will be a really fun episode of Celebrate Creativity.  I want to illustrate what constitutes an effective prompt in the most entertaining way, - probably your prompt will be for business, literary, and other educational purposes - but here I am using the imaginary situation of Edgar Allan Poe applying to a company that rents pet...