I got waitlisted for a while, but in the end I managed to finagle myself an invitation to this modular forms workshop at the Banff International Research Station in Calgary.
Nice, huh? I can't wait. It's in early June (just before I move to my new flat). It's right on target for me (research wise). They haven't sent out any sort of schedule yet and I heard they're not doing a conventional conference (tea and cookies sandwiched by research talks), so I'm not entirely sure what to expect. But I know at least that there are some people attending who know a lot about the stuff I'm working on, so it should be helpful. Plus, those mountains! I could use some fresh air.
I have so much work to do in preparation though. There's a lot that I want to know and have done before I go talk to these guys.
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Riprap
Lay down these words
Before your mind like rocks.
placed solid, by hands
In choice of place, set
Before the body of the mind
in space and time:
Solidity of bark, leaf, or wall
riprap of things:
Cobble of milky way.
straying planets,
These poems, people,
lost ponies with
Dragging saddles –
and rocky sure-foot trails.
The worlds like an endless
four-dimensional
Game of Go.
ants and pebbles
In the thin loam, each rock a word
a creek-washed stone
Granite: ingrained
with torment of fire and weight
Crystal and sediment linked hot
all change, in thoughts,
As well as things.
--Gary Snyder
Before your mind like rocks.
placed solid, by hands
In choice of place, set
Before the body of the mind
in space and time:
Solidity of bark, leaf, or wall
riprap of things:
Cobble of milky way.
straying planets,
These poems, people,
lost ponies with
Dragging saddles –
and rocky sure-foot trails.
The worlds like an endless
four-dimensional
Game of Go.
ants and pebbles
In the thin loam, each rock a word
a creek-washed stone
Granite: ingrained
with torment of fire and weight
Crystal and sediment linked hot
all change, in thoughts,
As well as things.
--Gary Snyder
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