Thoughts and Ideas 7/18
Converstation Starter
Zeno's Paradox of Motion. I just read of this in "Lincoln's Highway" by Amor Towles, a novel that both annoyed and entertained me. The Paradox goes, that in order to get to a destination one must first go halfway. And for each distance further must again go half that distance first, which leads to an infinite number of fractions of never arriving. It is absurdist of course, as anyone who has arrived at a destination knows, however haven't we all felt at some point that a goal keeps escaping, forever just beyond our grasp? One can reverse the motion and keep dividing the first half of the distance and never begin. This may also sound familiar. Discuss situations in which you have felt either way. How did you make your way through these situations? Did you? Consider the role of inaction and action, of staying in your head.
Exploratory
Stand in a large space. Identify a destination at the furthest point. Explore all the ways you can never arrive using inaction, movement, over analysis, gesture, metaphor, fractioning.... And of course, after exhausting yourself with the first exercise, find a way to arrive in as many ways as you desire; planned, improvised, direct, problem solving along the way, adding obstacles to overcome.... reflect. Notice the tools that helped you arrive.
Escape and Inspiration
Art: "Wit, Humor and Satire" at the Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Road NW.
Art: see Michael Hart's one-person show "Sandbox" at Exhibit/208, 208 Broadway Blvd. SE, Fri. and Sat. 3-8pm505-450-6884.
Art: "Arctic Summer" from the Curated Creative at Robert M. Ellis Art Trust Studio, 7401 Menaul Blvd. NE Suite H, examines climate change
Music: 3rd Thursday's at the Albuquerque Museum 6:30-8pm enjoy both a 20-minute original chamber opera performance by composer Nathan Felix based on the story of La Malinche followed by Flamenco inspired music of Girasol. https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/events/third-thursday-la-malinche
Music: Summer Music in Old town every weekend at the Gazebo Fri-Sun. https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/historic-old-town/summertime-in-old-town
Explore: The brand new International District Library at 7601 Central NE which in addition to having the system's world languages collection, in recognition of the 40-year history of the Caravan East night club - where the library now sits, will have a wood floor in the Jewell Community Room that can be used for dance demonstrations and instruction that reflects the diversity of the community. The room is named in honor of Bobbie and Tommie Jewell and seats up to 150 people. It also appears to be open 7 days a week.
Day trip: 2 1/2 hours away, A new exhibit "Bosque Redondo: A place of Suffering... A place of Survival" at the Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site. 10-4pm Th-Sun., tells the corrected story of "The Long Walk," and the incarceration and suffering of Native Americans at Bosque Redondo in the 1860s. https://nmhistoricsites.org/bosque-redondo
