Learning Aesthetics

The I Ching makes a not so subtle distinction between the “easy” and the “simple”. By way of example: lets say that there’s a mountain and for whatever reason we need to get to the top. The “easy” solution is to rent a helicopter, or if you’d prefer we could design and build a funicular [...]

In catching up on the aggregator I came across Meg Tilly, yes that Meg Tilly, at Northern Voice and a little thing about ice cream. This following a skim of The Future of Reputation. Which all relates to half a dozen posts which I haven’t had time to write, but which in one form or [...]

Picking up on yesterday’s theme, and on a post from a while back; dean David Rubin postulated that ‘texting’ was, I don’t want to put words in his mouth but something like, “…replacinging traditional communication forms and thus discouraging face to face social interaction in class.”  Something bothered me about that, but I couldn’t put [...]