Ken Stange

Ken Stange's diverse interests are reflected in the range of his publications: 18 books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction; essays and reviews; a newspaper column; scientific reports; and a weekly blog themed about interesting ideas. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Nipissing University, where for many years he taught a course on the psychology of creativity and the arts. Because of his long-standing interest in visual art-and envy of those who could create it-he was...See more

Ken Stange's diverse interests are reflected in the range of his publications: 18 books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction; essays and reviews; a newspaper column; scientific reports; and a weekly blog themed about interesting ideas. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Nipissing University, where for many years he taught a course on the psychology of creativity and the arts. Because of his long-standing interest in visual art-and envy of those who could create it-he was immediately fascinated by the personal computer's ability to empower anyone to create it. Soon he was combining the written word with image in the artworks he calls 'constructions'. Two of his previous books combine image and the written word. A Smoother Pebble, A Prettier Shell (Penumbra Press, 1996) was a collection of his early constructions integrated with poems and an extended essay on the relationship of science to visual art. Embracing The Moon (Two Cultures Press, 2013) consisted of 25 pairs of spherical images and poems conforming to the Japanese tanka verse form, as well as an essay about the nature of the tanka and explicatory notes on the poems. He lives in North Bay, Ontario with his beloved wife, Ursula, who has been the inspiration behind all of his creative work, as well as his editor and advisor. See less