Around freshman courses I feel fear, shame, guilt. This, of course, has to do with the way I have been exhorted about time spent upon them. I want to get a handle on this. Due to the exhortations I received about such courses and the fear I thus attach to them, I procrastinate on the … More An Illumination on Robert Boice, 6
My failure to take enough research time has me depleted and oppressed. I have to take this time for my own reasons, not out of duty (as it is said one must) or fear (as it is also said one must). I have been told so often that it is arrogant and egotistical to do … More An Illumination on Robert Boice, 5
I think a lot of people believe life is suffering and think the above kinds of attitudes are normal. I think a lot of other people believe that pointing out problems is just letting off steam. I do not agree. Neither do I relate to the truism that change is hard — which seems to … More An Illumination on Robert Boice, 4
Time time. The pain I am in every day is in part about being kicked by time and interpretations of time, exhortations about how to squeeze time. I know how to use time but after becoming a professor I lost confidence in my perceptions, as it was at that point people began to assume I … More An Illumination on Robert Boice, 3
You are always so relaxed and calm, said my student. I do not feel that way at all, although it is in fact my nature. Perhaps my true nature is showing through. Perhaps what this student sees is the shell of myself I show when I am in fact withdrawing as much as possible. I … More An Illumination on Robert Boice, 1 and 2
This is a riveting performance. Axé.
somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence: in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which i cannot touch because they are too near your slightest look easily will unclose me though i have closed myself as fingers, … More e. e. cummings
I took a career test that said this: You would most enjoy a career that allows you to meet new people. You would also be happiest in a career that allows you to be free and flexible, and allows you to be extremely creative. You are a great leader. You genuinely enjoy being around other … More In Which I Do Not Recognize Myself
Years ago I took a class from this interesting professor, on Mário de Andrade and music. Before Reeducation I did a lot of things like that. Reeducation was not able to believe we could have had any kind of rich experience in our past, and yet we did. Axé.
De la musique pour le weekend: not “House of the Rising Sun,” an entirely different song. Axé.
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