hike with Mark and Loki. first we drive from Boulder up through Gold Hill and on to Wild Basin. I suddenly realize that since Wild Basin is actually within the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park, there will be a ten dollar use fee which is just too much to deal with, so we turn around and head for Brainard Lake which ends up having a five dollar use fee. both these developments are new — at least within the last five years. things change. we do a leisurely circuit of Long Lake before having to race back for dinner with
EJ, Bridget, and Eliott. ice cream and a stroll on the pedestrian mall. Colorado has this possibility of massively splendid scenery within a short drive from urbanity. the big weakness is the absolute cultural vacuum. and too many Californians moving into the state. ah hmmm. and the University suffers from the following malaise:
Institutions of higher education have not taken advantage of the resources and energies circulating beyond the walls of the academy. As a result, cultural analysis is separated from the very condition of its own possibility. To overcome the isolation of the intellectual critic, it is necessary to enter the mainstream of culture by leaving the confines of print. — Taylor and Saarinen
is startling to me because the telematic event described in their book Imagologies takes place in 1992-3. it makes what I am attempting as educator/activist/artist seem dated and lacking an experimental edge (a feature of much of my creative work — it appears retro and staid somehow). of course, I stand by my thesis that the being of dialogue is a condition that is regenerated or reborn in each successive moment, a condition that gives the edge of immediacy and presence to all communicative attempts, but what about the actual results of what I am doing? With the knowing that success in telepresence is predicated on attention, concentration, and focus, events that I facilitate directly address these factors and push the envelope.