So I’m in upstate New York in this converted mansion (now an executive training and conference facility) talking about how higher education and the performing arts balance their common purpose and divergent styles. The current American Assembly (a policy discussion series started by good ol’ Ike Eisenhower in 1950) is all about the funky fit of creative expression and formalized education, which seem so often to work on different planets but need each other so desperately.
Nothing of great import to add yet, other than the fact that my brain already hurts. If it progresses beyond that, I’ll be sure to let you know.
