The Human Species Thinks In

...a Disgruntled Reflection On My Own Life As A Sort Of Desperate Improvisation In Which I Was Constantly Trying To Make Something Coherent From Conflicting Elements To Fit Rapidly Changing Settings.

Insight, I Believe, Refers To The Depth Of Understanding That Comes By Setting Experiences, Yours And Mine, Familiar And Exotic, New And Old, Side By Side, Learning By Letting Them Speak To One Another.

When Parents Die, All Of The Partings Of The Past Are Reevoked With The Realization That This Time They Will Not Return.

Jazz Exemplifies Artistic Activity That Is At Once Individual And Communal, Performance That Is Both Repetitive And Innovative, Each Participant Sometimes Providing Background Support And Sometimes Flying Free.

Improvisation And New Learning Are Not Private Processes; They Are Shared With Others At Every Age. We Are Called To Join In A Dance Whose Steps Must Be Learned Along The Way, So It Is Important To Attend And Respond. Even In Uncertainty, We Are Responsible For Our Steps.