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I am inspired by the recent work of Kathleen Fitzpatrick. She has undertaken to share in public preliminary work about what I would call an academic ethics. She is working to flesh out what she calls “generous thinking”. Key to … Continue reading →

These snippets could be well at home on a T-Shirt. Beekeepers for Lorca […] Mestinks; you lather Susan Holbrook. “Q & A” in Joy Is So Exhausting. And so for day 1746 24.09.2011

Basil Johnston. Ojibway Heritage Of the animal beings, the dog was endowed with the least exceptional powers. He was less fleet than the fox; he was weaker than the wolf; he was less cunning than the mink. Compared to the … Continue reading →

Elder Jim Dumont closing a special session at Queen’s Park devoted to response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He subtly chides all the speakers (through the use of an all-inclusive “we”) for overlooking relations that also matter… Even those … Continue reading →

It’s a lesson in humility and a lesson on the power of drawing to draw us to contemplate infinite series hence the humility. Roland Barthes. all except you Saul Steinberg (Galerie Mæght, 1983) Labyrinthe L’énumération des choses du monde s’étend … Continue reading →

Fulcrum and vanishing point. Alain Badiou on the prose of Natacha Michel. We can see how, in the absence of spectacle, the rhythm decides that any place, no matter how stable it may be, no matter how anchored in ritual … Continue reading →

Rebecca Solnit Wanderlust: A History of Walking [A] certain kind of wanderlust can only be assuaged by the acts of the body itself in motion, not the motion of the car, boat, or plane. It is the movement as well … Continue reading →