Crucible

Liberal “Art does not lie down on the bed that is made for it;
it runs away as soon as one says its name; it loves to be
incognito. Its best moments are when it forgets what
it is called.”

"The problem with trying to provoke, Sam" (my colleague
advises me) is that you might provoke.  AS opposed to not.
(Trying or Provoking) Provocation provoking provocatively
or what's a college for?  Being academic. Getting better if not
good at it.

                              The Crucible

It takes a different kind of VILLAGE to raise collaborative
as opposed to individual "genius": values radically different
and  incommensurate to those of the "academy."

         Consider these diabolically opposed
                      anti-SACS standards

“Clarity is not a virtue.  If everything you say is detailed
and explicit,  you won’t give your collaborators room to run.

Put ideas out there  that are half-baked, ideas where you’re
not even sure what it means  yet.

Put yourself in an environment that rewards failure.

Creativity is risky; successful creative people are also
the ones who fail the most often.

Creativity is inefficient. Don’t expect every idea  and
every  project to pan out. Know when to cut your losses
and move on. 

Innovation  emerges from the bottom up, unpredictably,
and it’s only after the innovation has occurred that every
one realizes what’s happened.

Innovation can’t be planned; it can’t be predicted: it has to
be allowed  to emerge. Like successful improvisation.  

                       (Keith Sawyer, Collaborative Genius).

Imagine an environment that could embrace the "hostile"values
of  individual as well as collaborative "genius" without doing
injustice to either. It'd be like building an ice cream parlor in
hell with no damage to hot or cold. A good thing.