One of the very first lessons I received provided the maxims: ‘be sensitive’ and ‘lead with intent’; with those, I believe it is dire to have an intent to build around and to do so with caution and care. Applicable in meeting others, and asking questions, fervently. Perhaps it can be juxtaposed with my love for Hamlet, and by extension Shakespeare, Dante and others. Sure, I could quote nearly any line from their works but I’m more interested in how would their prose affect you; that’s what’s endlessly fascinating to me. Partially, this could be a quest to find other Hamlets, Falstaffs, and Beatrices with the intent to learn and challenge and to be genuinely surprised; in the case of Hamlet, you have this person who’s commenting and reacting to everything around him, submerged in turmoil, and yet it’s his persistence in obtaining and maintaining his identity through every moment of vicissitude; it’s not about plot, but character. Reading is what grants one the ability to learn on how to talk to oneself, and in succession, what you’re reading ultimately begins to grow with you. To go deeper within oneself, by reading one other. The job is to challenge others and grow, and pull others together from different disciplines and to see what things we could do together. I aim to be heavy in my thinking and processing so that the following affect comes through lightly, potently and without reservations. You listen, process, model internally until you have something that speaks; it’s ultimately about the most infinitesimal voice.