Matt W. is a researcher/artist/writer
who has dwelt in digital analogues
since the early nineties.
Matt has pursued academic studies in cognitive and developmental science (both in the assessment and treatment of affective disorders and developmental delays),
literary traditions (19th century poetics, post-post-modernism),
and neurotheology (Zen in a clinical neuroscience context).
Matt has established his blog,
WickedCultured, as a converging point of his interests, experiences, and literary projects. He is foremost a poet, in the Plathetic vein, but he is an accomplished editor.
He is neither wholly Wicked nor ridiculously Cultured,
and his character alignment is Neutral.
PST to wickedcultured@gmail.com
with any enquiries or comments.
Research assistant in developmental psychology and clinical neuroscience laboratories at Vanderbilt University; art editor of Vanderbilt Review; freelance writer and content designer for interactive media projects; non-profit intern for Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies (VIPPS); specific interests in furthering experiences in digital media design/writing and research in neuroscience related to psychopathology.
A lapse in posting here, and, while I have some excuse(s) for such a span -and others-, there is an issue with more didactic utility I would rather pursue. The name of my topic is a heart-warming one, according to … Continue reading
“I Wish I Could Decipher Your Silence.” -Carole Maso If one intends to mimic, what of resolve? What of doubt? The terrain of human consciousness(es) is well-traveled, and there are maxims swinging between both doubt and resolve. In Star Trek: … Continue reading
I want, and do not want, to add to the platitudes of being a “20-something.” Yet, as far as mistakes go, a writer could do far worse…right? Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: 20s, blogging, creative writing, development, life, maturation, maturity, twenty-something, … Continue reading
One of my Poems: “To Tour” via the Lovely Rebelle Society. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: creative writing, matt walker, poem, poems, poet, poetry, rebelle society, writing
“Perhaps longing is just the heart changing/ its colors.”-Olena Kalytiak Davis. “To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose…”-Ecclesiastes 3:1 I have been ominously quiet about my experiences here in the Bay Area since … Continue reading
No Ship Should Go Down Without Her Captain I waited to make this post; I counted down days and minutes, made timers. “Darkness is coming…” and now that it is less than a week away from US screening, I am … Continue reading
Saw Malick’s To the Wonder two weeks ago. Thoughts? Many…and maybe in writing this I’ll find some meaning (not of the film, but of a much larger topic). View First: Now, a Transcript: My sweet love…my hope… … You’re everything … Continue reading
The Present I wanted to give you something — no stone, clay, bracelet, no edible leaf could pass through. Even a molecule’s fragrance by then too large. Giving had been taken, as you soon would be. Still, I offered the … Continue reading
I am here; I figure if I lay it out here, things will make sense. Here? San Francisco here. *nods* Go on… It has been…god…almost six months since moving to this City. Six months–a new year, new films, new books…all … Continue reading
Sylvia Plath had a saying, regarding writing, which is ironic: Although you’ve already wasted two hours writing stream-of-consciousness stuff in here when your stream isn’t even much to brag about, after all. Of course, we have a “Post-Confessionalist” here, (aside … Continue reading