Lewis Hyde

Lewis Hyde enjoys history.
Lewis Hyde enjoys talking about where artists fit into society.
Lewis Hyde enjoys contemplating property rights.

Lewis Hyde is foremost a difficult person to write about.
Many would probably say Lewis Hyde is a very insightful and entices his audience with questions. Questions find answers by being asked. Lewis is seemingly on an adventure with the art community to answer difficult questions regarding our place in society, who owns art, is it possible to teach one self, and where does creativity come from?

Lewis seeks to shed light on some of these questions by looking into the past at the U.S's founding father Benjamin Franklin. Lewis examines Ben's views on ownership of ideas and encourages the art community to think about how we are hindered by the current copyright process. Lewis brings into question the formalities of society and the fences we place between common thoughts and ideas. The effect of these "fences" might hinder our societies movement out of the digital age.

Lewis is a great person to listen to speak on topics that concern us all even if we never expand our mind to think of such things on our own.

Lewis Hyde can be found @ http://www.lewishyde.com/index.html