Donald Hall tells the story of a man cleaning the attic of an old house in New England to find a box full of tiny pieces of string. The box was labeled: "String too short to be saved." Perhaps we all have pieces of string too small to save--stored in small boxes and labeled in the attic of our everyday lives. These small questions or observations pop into our minds and then promptly (often, properly) vanish into thin air. From time to time, however, might some of these curios (if carefully cultivated) lead to interesting and innovative responses that make a difference in our lives?
Such is the premise of Kent Lesandrini, our resident Scholar without Portfolio, who returns to UW-MANIAC to share some of his own "pieces of string too small to save." Building on his initial 2006 visit to us, Kent will invite us to consider some of our own small questions or wonders and to transform otherwise adrift daydreaming into innovative insights. Well, at least there will be donuts. Click here to register -- it's free!
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