in praise of travel

welcome homememory as inventionau revoir

Applause Meter

Looking back: memory as invention...when a day spent in traveling is transposed to memory it takes up a far greater “space” than a day spent at home...The hours spent in perpetually drinking in and absorbing this new world go beyond the natural and measurable intervals of time. The facts beat so powerfully upon the memory that the images come back in rather the same way as a film in slow motion. The playing-back time is magnification of the real time. -Georges Condaminas, L’exotique et quotidien

https://soundcloud.com/jaspertranmusic/the-shift-of-saint-lazare-1

Work in progressThe Shift of Saint LazareParis Metro soundscapeO Jasper!

Les BerceauxMusic by Gabriel Urbain Fauré (1845-1924)Lyrics by Sully-PrudhommeO Gretchen!

“Love is space and time measured by the heart.” -Marcel ProustLondon & Paris photo collage with music, 6 min. by Henry Purcell (1659-1695) and Edith Piaf (1915-1963)

What you missed most away from home.

What you miss most about travel.

Third things are essential to… practices or habits or arts… that provide a site of joint rapture or contentment.-Donald Hall

It is the third thing that is owned by no one, whose meaning is owned by no one...-Jacques Rancierre

It is the inbetween space that carries the burden of the meaning of culture, and by exploring this Third Space, we may elude the politics of polarity and emerge as the others of our selves.” -Homi Bhabha

Your third thing in travel -art, history, beauty, food -what you shared with others

Your third space -not home, not work/school -cafe, bar, museum, park

Service à la française: order of service, riot of flavors

White House State Dinner Menu for Prime Minister David Cameron of the U.K.

The First Course, Crisped Halibut with Potato Crust on a bed of braised baby kale, shaved Brussels sprouts and micro cabbage sprouts with a hint of applewood smoked bacon. The Salad Course, Spring Garden Lettuces with Shallot Dressing and Shaved Radish, Cucumbers and Avocados.The Main Course, Bison Wellington, a classic English dish given an American twist with the use of buffalo tenderloin. The dessert is Steamed Lemon Pudding with Idaho Huckleberry Sauce and Newtown Pippin Apples, grown by Thomas Jefferson.

Quickly, playfully, randomly...Freely associate from your travels... Sweet Sour Salty Bitter Umami - your ultimate yummy

Snack & bathroom break

Complete index cards

shout-out your umami

making a list, checking it twice...

in naughty Pigalle, oh so je ne sais quoi...!

one more thing: class travel video

Au revoir ... mwah!!