Paul Andrew Powell

Paul Andrew Powell is the author of the books "Zen and Artificial Intelligence, and other Philosophical Musings by a Student of Zen Buddhism" (2019), "TUNA in POODERVILLE: a screenplay," and "The Reality Mechanic" (2020). His essays “Hobbits as Buddhists and an Eye for an “I” (2011) and “On the Conceivability of Artificially Created Enlightenment” (2005) appeared in the journal Buddhist-Christian Studies, and his essay “Infinite Games in the Age of Novelty” appeared as Chapter 26 in Consciousness in Theatre, Literature, and the Arts (2007). He presented his essay “Infinite Games in the Age of Novelty” at the Consciousness in the Arts Conference in Aberystwyth, Wales in 2007, and his paper “Zen and Artificial Intelligence” at the Toward of Science of Consciousness Conference in Tucson, Arizona, in 2002. He has been a gallery artist (Telluride, Colorado), an actor (SAG 1987, long expired), and a coffeehouse musician. He is the father of four remarkable daughters and divides his time between Greenfield, Massachusetts; Boulder, Colorado; and Kearney, Nebraska, where he taught Composition and Literature at the local university and community college. He has been a student of Zen Buddhism, in particular, for over four decades. Please check out my webpage: paulandrewpowellwix.com Thank for reading this.