Archive for August, 2008

not that many other weirdos in consciousness studies

Monday, August 11th, 2008

So yesterday I had my first meeting with my fellow weirdos in the Consciousness Studies group in the Individualized Master of Arts (IMA) group at Goddard. Turns out there are not that many other folks in my concentration: Belle who is in her last semester and Tasha who might transfer out. There are a few [...]

living the question

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

There are some phrases that seem to keep coming up around this place, for instance, Living the Question and Trusting the Process. These are not new ideas for me but it their prevalence in an academic environment is quite refreshing. While most institutions of higher learning place high value on knowing and articulating what it [...]

Dispatch from Camp Goddard

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Yes it does feel a bit like summer camp here but mostly because it smells very green, we’re living in dorms, and we eat meals in a huge dining hall. The center cluster of campus buildings really beautiful and vermonty: lots of barn board, dark brown shingles, and dry laid stone walls. The gardens are [...]