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Ian GonsherIan Gonsher

Ian Gonsher is Assistant Professor of Practice in the School of Engineering and Department of Computer Science at Brown University. His teaching and research interests examine creative process as applied to interdisciplinary design practices. Recent work includes Ian's teaching and research within the Brown Humanity Centered Robotics Initiative, and explores the ways technology might enhance our humanity, rather than rob it from us. He is also working on a translation of the Torah into light. More information about his work can be found at his website.

Translating The Torah Into Light

January 4, 2024December 14, 2018 by Ian Gonsher

By mapping each character’s position in the Hebrew alphabet to correspond with a color on the visible spectrum, we can translate the text to light.

Categories Spirituality & Faith

The Parable Of The Four Prayers

December 10, 2018November 6, 2018 by Ian Gonsher

How can we understand prayer, if we don’t understand love?

Categories Spirituality & Faith

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? Ask a Chicken

April 24, 2018 by Ian Gonsher

The chicken speaks.

Categories Another Way Of Looking At Things

What King Solomon Got Wrong About Love, We Get Wrong About Jerusalem

December 8, 2017 by Ian Gonsher

Love is not a zero-sum game.

Categories Breaking False Dichotomies

A Fancy Little Elevator At The Center Of The World

July 12, 2017 by Ian Gonsher

A simple elevator ride becomes a transcendent experience.

Categories Turning The Mundane Into The Sacred

An Agonistic Encounter With A Featherless Bird That Had Broad Flat Nails

September 12, 2016September 12, 2016 by Ian Gonsher

What follows is a conversation between a Jew and a man who may or may not be the 4th century BCE Greek philosopher, and proponent of Cynicism, Diogenes.

Categories Turning The Mundane Into The Sacred

Explaining Schopenhauer To Young Children

July 27, 2016 by Ian Gonsher

The hedgehog’s dilemma: now in children’s storybook form.

Categories Another Way Of Looking At Things

The Mezuzah, the Doorbell, and the Design of a Ritual

July 7, 2016July 7, 2016 by Ian Gonsher

What happens when ritual and design combine? A fascinating look into how design can affect ritual, and how ritual can affect design.

Categories Bring The Sacred Down To Earth

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