Keith Holyoak

Keith Holyoak, poet, translator of classical Chinese poetry, and cognitive scientist, was raised on a dairy farm in British Columbia, Canada. An encounter with Carl Jung in high school sent him on a path to psychology and the study of the human mind. This long and winding road led to UCLA, where he now has a day job as a Distinguished Professor of Psychology.But by night when the moon is full he writes poetry and channels the great poets of Tang dynasty China, Li Bai and Du Fu (www.keithholyoak.com). Afterwards, composer and impresario Airom Bleicher at Broken Electric records (www.BrokenElectric.com) goes to work, and mixes Keith's poems and translations with the hypnotic punk instrumentals of the Canadian punk band Mammal, or with the silken strings of the classical Chinese qin. See what you think.