Becoming a Poet-Scientist

What does it mean to be a “poet-scientist”? How can we exercise poetic inquiry to come closer to life’s essence? Sandra Faulkner, a leading scholar, creator, and professor of arts-based relationship research, gives us insight into these questions based on her experience in the field. “A poet-scientist is someone who is interested in facts and opinion, someone who is passionate about how science and art are vital to our emotional, physical, and interpersonal health,” she tells us. As she describes how she uses poetry for projects from footnotes to family portraits, she teaches us how poetry can be a force for understanding, resistance and change…

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