Five years
Five years after leaving corporate life, Mark Dauner reflects on Bowie, reclaimed wood, AI, and building an independent home on the open internet.
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Elvis Presley and the human performance filter
Elvis made other people's songs unmistakably his own. What his performances in EPiC reveal about personal voice, creative influence, and AI.
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Creativity, AI, Brian Eno…and farming?
What do Brian Eno, Nebraska farming, and generative AI have in common? Better creative work grows from context, care, and continued refinement.
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Loving the alien
David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust shows how simple ideas leave room for imagination, and why creators using AI still need to own their stories.
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Creative evolution: exploring Led Zeppelin's "Houses of the Holy"
Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy offers lessons in creative risk, musical influence, and using new tools without losing the voice that makes you unique.
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Hip-hop and human creativity
Hip-hop's history of sampling, remixing, and inventive tool use offers a lens on generative AI and the human choices that make creative work matter.
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Finding genius in the process: remembering Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson's studio experiments, Pet Sounds, and Smile reveal why creative process, persistence, and human vision still matter in the age of AI.
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