Mission Impossible

The action of analysis is defined by the
fact that it aims at transformation and
not at knowledge.
 
Cornelius Castoriadis
Crossroads at the Labyrinth.
 
Dear Paula & CATC
 
P.T.L: Philosophy of Learning & Teaching.
 
MC Richards repeated the word ART maybe
50 times in an effort to drain it  of it’s  hoity-toity
connotations.  She did this outside the log-cabin
one spring  evening long ago when we were
celebrating Black Mountain College.
 
BMC’s P.L.T.:  the study of art was  seen to
be central to a liberal arts education, and in
which John Dewey's principles  of education
played a major role to promote the creative
arts. (wiki)
 
creativity creativity creativity creativity
creativity creativity creativity creativity
 
philosophy philosophy philosophy
philosophy philosophy philosophy
 
Hose down these big words so we can put them
in play. Philosophy is just an over view,  yes? 
Attitude. Frame of  Minding. Thermostatic
setting, say, regulating weather.   
 
The P in my Phdegree. 
 
My epistemology, here as in the classroom,  is
epistolary. An amateur in standing: I write my
students as I do my colleagues, and ask them
to respond in kind.

Bell letters, after all, preceded “The Humanities,”
and  I would  reclaim the lively unprofessional
quality of constellational digressive, trans-
aggressive converse-action. Take back
the night.
 
“I don’t want no thesis-driven papers.”

I tell them. Save that for the pros
where  you got to  Walk on Eggs
(woe).  Garden in a  tuxedo, for
crying out loud.
 
Walk on Water (wow), I say.
 
Either way: Mission Impossible.  

The action ...is defined by the
fact that it aims at transformation
and not at knowledge.

A difference that makes a difference.
Amateur on the one hand.
Pro on the other..

xxxooo, Sam