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Cross Pollinating: Uncommon Service and Conviviality

I am spending time synergizing Frances Frei and Anne Morriss' Uncommon Service with  Wendy Pollock and Kathleen McLean's Convivial Museum . It is at the intersection of these two works that I hope to be focusing some of my work in the coming months and years, assessing the balance and importance of the visitor experience and the "content piece." It is the shared experience that seems paramount in the present day, and our museum field is telling us this, right? On the other hand, what are we, if we are not educators?  Illuminators? It is, in fact, at the intersection of these two things --conviviality and uncommon service that the transformative outcome can blossom.  This is the perfectly tepid-to-steamy bathwater environment where good things grow; where we are cleansed and revitalized.  From here, we can shock, teach through participation and invigorate.   The quality of aliveness we see in these images is what we call conviviality. We chose the word &

Confessed Ignorance and the Ecstasy of Influence

Rob Gronkowski poses with his new cereal “Gronk Flakes” which are available at Stop & Shops throughout New England. Rob Gronkowski’s new cereal “Gronk Flakes” hit store shelves on Tuesday, and the  Patriots  tight end was on hand to celebrate at a Walpole Stop & Shop. Who is this guy?! He looks like Stephen Malkmus! So I'm all "gronk?"  "Gronk?"  "What the F' is that phrase that guru and GLAM rous mentor Michael P. Edson uses?!..."  Gronk? Grunk? Grok? GROK!  And so I learn it is from Heinlein: grok 664  up ,  95  down Taken from the book ' Stranger in a Strange Land ,' literally meaning 'to drink' but taken to mean 'understanding.' Often used by programmers and other assorted geeks. It took me a long time to grok Perl, but now I can read it without going blind! I get it!  And it's beautiful!!   Drink to me only with thine eyes ... My brother read science fiction, I didn't.  Maybe b

Haftarah for Ki Tavo (Isaiah 60:1-22)

Arise, shine, [O Jerusalem,] for your light has come, the glory of the Eternal is shining upon you! Though darkness may cover the earth, thick darkness [the] peoples - upon you the Eternal will shine, over you G_d’s Presence will appear. Nations shall walk toward your light, and kings toward your sunrise. Raise your eyes and see! They are gathering, all of them, they are coming to you. Your sons shall come from afar, your daughters borne securely. You shall see it and beam with joy, your heart will thrill with pride, the sea’s abundance shall shower you, the wealth of nations shall come your way. A horde of camels shall cover your land, the young camels of Midian and Ephah, all coming from Sheba bearing gold and frankincense; proclaiming the praises of G_d! The flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you, the rams of Nevayot shall serve your need - a sacrifice welcome on My altar, adding glory to My glorious house. Who are these that fly like a cloud, like doves to their cotes? The coast