Named after a conference held at Stanford University in November 1973, this issue of Mosaic addresses a series of questions with both creative and critical essays: In what ways does writing a novel resemble painting? What is it like to compose music with the aid of a computer? What is it like to write poetry if you are Black, or Chicano, or Indian, or elite in an underdeveloped country? What is the dynamic experience of the man who is the practitioner of one art and a critic/theorist of another?