Rich in its landscapes and its search for personal discovery, John Matthias' poetry encompasses vast territories of history and culture. Robert Duncan once called Matthias "...one of those wandering souls out of the Dark Age in our own time." He has published more than twenty-five books, twelve of which are poetry, and is the editor of Notre Dame Review. This is his first visit to the west coast in over twenty-five years.

Colin Ware, Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Data Visualization Research Lab, University of New Hampshire http://www.minervaberkeley.org/conferences/seeing-knowing-vision-knowledge-cognition-and-aesthetics/2014-speakers1/colin-ware/ 2014 Conference on Neuroesthetics - Seeing Knowing: Vision, Knowledge, Cognition, and Aesthetics http://www.minervaberkeley.org Co-sponsored by the School of Optometry and Vision Science Program, University of California Berkeley