
J. Owen Matson, Ph.D.
Explores literature, film, art, AI, and educational technology through the lenses of cognition, media theory, and philosophy—tracing how we learn, create, and think across shifting systems.


Colors in the Dust: Kurosawa’s Dodes’ka-den and the Dream of Survival

Floating Through the Fire: Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book and the Sound of Unspoken Struggle

Variations on the Em-Dash: From Flash of Insight to AI as Stylized Cognition

Beyond Augmentation: Toward a Posthumanist Epistemology for AI and Education
