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Subject: Re: Intellectualism as a Pierpont tradition Author: Susan Shirley Chandel Pierpont 3rd floor sunset 73-75 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 01:19:39 01/06/09 Tue In reply to: ted 's message, "Re: Intellectualism as a Pierpont tradition" on 19:58:42 09/03/04 Fri >>Reading some of these recent posts have me wondering >>if I have confabulated my memories of Pierpont as >>being a largely intellectual place. Yes, we did a lot >>of mind expansion and sexual experimentalism (or at >>least, I did), but there was a concentration of brain >>cells which also allowed for serious discussion of the >>phenomenology of the times. >> >>Help me out, guys, am I misremembering my youth? Say >>it ain't so!! Are u saying sewer tunneling, caveing >and campus climbing/exploration are not intellectual >endeavors? Did u participate in any of the same? If >not , I fear your education was incomplete. It might >have been engaging (fun?) for u to drop a hit and sit >around pondering the universe under your fingernail, >but for me the heightened senses experienced with >comrads during these expeditions was not only >enjoyable but memorable. Does the credo respect >diversity ring a bell? Intellect is where u find it >and it may be in a sewer. >> >>J Intellectualism ? Yes I do recall many stimulating discussions and a very interesting and creative group of people. I chose Pierpont for the creativity and rebel edge. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]