Gordon,

Good to hear from you. You're someone I've been patiently waiting to hear from for a while, as my intuition has told me you'd harmonize with what I'm trying to do. I've only heard you three times. First in Steve Goldman's class when Paul Churchland was giving his lecture. You asked about whether recorded information in books and on blackboards could qualify as being an extension of a person's "neural net". Perhaps that was just the question in the air... I think you said something about spontaneity as well. Regardless, I cannot remember, but I do remember thinking at the time you were someone I'd like to talk to. Then you were at a meeting of the philosophy club, the one
where we talked about Chuang Tse, and whether the Mark Twain room is really the same room from moment to moment...the fluid transition of roomX, and whether names were arbitrary or not. I remember liking your readiness to take on big, semi-mystical issues, and your ability to do so. Last time was yesterday. I was waiting for Bob Barnes in the phil building while you were talking to someone about pain and intuition. The two of you were having a LARGE conversation, the kind where both participants should be at least thirty
feet away from each other... I wasn't there long enough to get the gist, but recognized the dimensions of the subject from yours and his manner.

At any rate, I'm glad you're here. Today we venture into the real stuff, the creativist stuff. Intuition plays an all important role here. And yes, I'm wondering about the reconcilability of n-dimension thinking with the fluid transition that is a creative temperment. Whether the two can be cleanly and practically and creatively worked into the same integrity is a major concern.

Tim