It's not enough to bring "humanities" and "sciences" together (especially when such pairings work on the assumption of an oppositional relationship here), we should be showing the clear historical through lines between these different types of inquiry.

still needs work perhaps, but nice to see all this in the same place! skyesavage.com/performances/

the texts are contemporary to each other even if from distinct European vs. American vantages. I'm looking forward to seeing what the students make of it, especially given the way Williams is somewhat instrumentally used in many MedHum syllabi.

We worked with a particularly dense and unsettling Unica Zürn text yesterday in my Medical Surreal course, and I was admittedly a bit apprehensive, but the students truly blew me away with their approach. Some admitted discomfort but were able to articulate the value of digging deeper.

A Real Pain was a incredible to watch not the least because it was for once a movie about PEOPLE. I did feel that each character, no matter how little screen time, was truly real. Each person had a story that shone through in small interactions, even if we never learned more about them.

I am also struck by those reading his character as just "some annoying guy" that the film tried to make "philosophical." As the movie progressed I felt intensely that I have met him before. It's hard to move among DIY art and music scenes and not encounter people like him.

Benji staying at the airport in the end was not "showing growth" (???? how would anyone read that as the message?) but precisely the indication that, despite their travel, despite the painful confrontation with history, with their family, nothing has changed. Meaning failed once again.

This was a film entirely ABOUT this desperate search for meaning, the desire to feel something real and authentic about something with an overwhelmingly monumental historical impact, that shaped you in ways you cant really know. But no matter what you try, every attempt feels empty.

(rip wittgenstein notes Ive been nursing for the past few months)

the only small blip for me: leaving my notebook on the plane coming in! 🥲 all notes relegated to hotel notepads.

I especially appreciated the roundtable format that more and more people seem to be embracing. Had a great discussion on my own RT on (Re)Thinking Academic Forms.