Archive for July, 2007

Transversality, Part Two

Friday, July 27th, 2007

The trip to London from which I’ve just returned was the first time I had visited that country since 1987, twenty years. I’d seen some of my English friends at international meetings or on visits to the U.S., but until this month, we hadn’t sat together for long, convivial chats, taking stock.
I learned a […]

Transversality, Part One

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Did you miss me? I missed you: I’ve been traveling pretty much nonstop since the beginning of July, and am glad to be home (in body at least—my spirit needs to complete the journey through nine time zones).
I had speaking engagements in Barcelona and London, and in between, vast conversations about culture and politics. […]