Easy question? No. I have come to think of university as a place where we choose the unpredictable. The best research is where we don’t know beforehand what our discovery will be. The best learning is where we don’t know where our thoughts will go. We don’t know what understanding might follow. We choose the … Continue reading What should universities be for?
Why trumpeting?
Something awkward happens when someone who should have been a trumpet player decides instead to be a professor. These are not easily reconciled styles. So why dwell on it? Answer 1: It matters. I am the fifth generation of my family to play the trumpet. My grandfather left school at 11 to work in the … Continue reading Why trumpeting?