"Centaur Veterinary, or, A Poet's Thoughts on Perception, Cognition, and the Literary Image"
Public Lecture & Reception with Poet Richard Kenney
Why is language such a poor medium for the conveyance of feeling? What do current theories of perception have to do with poetic imagery? Are the enterprises commensurate? Can Literature produce Knowledge? Is vision a genus with two species? This lecture will try to discern conversation among these questions.
Friday, March 1, 2024
4:30-5:30PM
Reception to follow
Clark Center Auditorium
(318 Discovery Walk)
This event is hosted by the Stanford Arts Institute (SAI) in collaboration with Bio-X, and with support from the Office of the Vice President for the Arts.
About the Artist
RICHARD KENNEY was born in Glens Falls, New York, in 1948 and is the author of five books of poetry: Terminator, The Evolution of the Flightless Bird, Orrery, The Invention of the Zero, and The One-Strand River. In 1987 he received a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship. He is currently professor of English at the University of Washington and lives with his family in Port Townsend, Washington (source: Penguin Random House). Read more about Richard Kenney here.
Writing workshops with Poet Richard Kenney
The Stanford Arts Institute and Bio-X are hosting two generative creative writing workshops led by poet Richard Kenney, which will take place here on Stanford campus from 11am-1pm on Saturday March 2 and Sunday March 3, 2024.
The March 2 workshop will consider sonic effects in creative writing, while the March 3 workshop will focus on optical effects. The question underpinning both discussions will be the same: how can language—an inherently abstract, digital medium—pierce its own veil, to touch the nerve of our feeling life? Workshop participants will worry this puzzle at pencil-point, writing, reading, and mulling together over the elements of the ars poetica, and its place in the broader realm of human cognition. Further details including application instructions below.
Applications closed on February 8.
Contact:
Stanford Arts Institute
artsinstitute@stanford.edu
