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Our supreme goal is to serve the artists and companies we represent. Our wish is to help artists everywhere. This wish is expressed in our MISSION STATEMENT  – "We are explicitly idealistic: We believe that art and entertainment have profound emotional and even spiritual effects on the audience, and we are highly motivated to advance these effects."

As a step toward making this wish a reality, we have prepared a library of writings on a variety of topics designed to help the artist. All titles written by Harvey E. Harrison, unless otherwise indicated.

At present, we provide links to the complete text of three articles: "Mission Valencia", "Act, React, Interact", and "A Sermon On The Advancement Of Electronic Education". Please CONTACT US  if you would like to receive other titles.

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"Mission Valencia", adapted from a lecture to a class at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, March 11, 1998. Declares and describes the lecturer’s mission to help the artist prepare for the world outside the classroom as much as possible in a single lecture. (Article, 11 pages.)

"Looking For Leo . . . And Beyond", an examination of the current state of the computer game design artform. Published October 1998, International Interactive Communications Society National Website, Professional Development Section Feature Article, www.iics.org/feature.html. Article 8 pages.

"Rebecca", a look inside the minds of entertainment industry agents; a fictional dialog. Article 12 pages.

"A Sermon On The Advancement Of Electronic Education", communicates a vision of education forever transformed by technology into a mass medium and describes issues of vital importance to teacher, student, and concerned citizen. (Article, 8 pages.) March 1998.

"ACT, REACT, INTERACT- The Experiment In Interactive Aesthetics", describes and urges a unique experiment to marry the interactive arts to motion picture and television arts. Published May 1997 at www.wga.org and presented at Special Convergence Day at The Writers Guild, May 17, 1997. (Article, 11 pages.)

"TALL TALES FROM THE ELECTRONIC CAMPFIRE: Folklore of a Literary Agent", ignited overwhelming response BOTH from the new and from the veteran artist to this book of tales and stories intended to protect, guide, encourage, and nurture the artist. It is the one book to take on the journey into the entertainment industry. (Book, 132 pages.) 1997

"A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: Artistic Freedom, Exclusivity In The Entertainment Industry, And California Law" issues a call for statewide legislative action to free many artist working in the audio/visual media from restriction on their freedom of expression. Published in The Writer’s Handbook, California Lawyers For The Arts, Santa Monica, California, 1997. (Article, 8 pages.)

"AN EMOTIONAL SURVIVAL PLAN FOR THE MASS MEDIA: REACHING THE AUDIENCE WHILE PROTECTING YOUR SOUL" is an essay of welcome to the newer artist contemplating a career in the mass media of entertainment. (Article, 11 pages.)

"DOCTOR JAMES TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM: An Invitation To Applied Philosophy" presents a concrete overview for the redesign of academic philosophy in a manner to open the field for practical usefulness; extends more generally the work of "applied philosophy" contained in "Act, React, Interact …" above and foreshadows recent work in the field of educators’ rights. (Article, 16 pages.)

"DOCTOR JAMES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING: Outline Of An Experiment In Applied Philosophy" proposes a case study of "applied philosophy" (as that field is delineated in "Doctor James To The Emergency Room") , utilizing computer simulations to study business ethics. (Article, 10 pages.)

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