Liberal Art (not to be confused with the liberal arts)

Re My aims, goals, purposes, immeasurable
outcomes in my almost entirely "service" non

-major in the usual sense (gen ed)  offerings

Ignorance and confusion, muddle and mess,

consternation & dismay mistake, error &

rooms for play—mothers mothering invention

and innovation: holy smokes & mirrors only

the devil and the cross roads could change this l

ead to gold.

“The greater part of what my neighbors call

 good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I

repent of anything, it is very likely to be my

good behavior. What demon possessed me that

I behaved so well?”

I got no standards, no plans,  no agenda,  no aims,

goals, no rubric-ed  measurable outcomes.  ‘The 

highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This

puts us in accord  with nature in her manner of

operation.

Cute stuff from Thoreau and John Cage but we all

know  it can’t trump postponing joy in order to be

Taking Care of Business.

The Problem of GOOD & EVIL, Right & Wrong,

Correct & Incorrect,  Faults, Flaws & Folly emerge

venerial  from  My-Will-Be-Done Forehead: plans,

aims, goals,purposes, measurable  objectives—

Fathering Mistake & Error, oops, damnit, chutes &

slides and some  time success. Merely  describing here

is all. Like wise, my Ignorance & Attention Deficiency

expands like spheres through soggy bottom flatlands:

rallying a ratio of  smartitude savvy, keen focus, attention

efficiency and lucid schemes. 

The MEDIA is the MESSAGE.  not the message. 

(Can you tell  the difference? The relationship?)
 
“Anything sacred must be challenged to the utmost

 or it will hide untold falsities."         (Bill Branyon)

Prerequisite to the Beginning of
                Liberal Art
 
My goal & aim in all classes is to under cut &

undermine &  confuse the issues,  subvert &

tangle & twist what might  otherwise be

measurable out comes,  taunt & tweak,

mock & ridicule, spank in manners of

of speaking so that all my students won’t

know whether they’re  coming or going,  selfish

or unselfish liberal or conservative, good or evil,
motivated or lazy: & down and down  we go,

round and round we go, loving the din  we spin,

the spin we’re   in under that old  black magic called
liberal art.

Do I succeed?  IT can’t be forced.  Challenge IT

to the utmost.  Put IT in play.
 
Whatever’s sacred: make profane.
Whatever’s profane: make sacred.
Strange: familiar; familiar--strange.
 
Other wise: only the sound of one hand
clapping. 

xxxooo, Sam