Opening Statements
Jonathan Herzberger
Issue date: 11/30/09 Section: The Melting Pot
The whirl of a roulette table, and the applause of the victors focuses your senses for a brief moment. You offer a silent thanks to Dan Gilbert for making such things possible, even as a man who may be a bartender - or perhaps the devil himself - offers you a drink that may or may not be steaming. You sip the devil's brew cautiously, as you see courtesans escorting their clients upstairs to private sitting rooms, where it is understood that they will perhaps talk about philosophy, or the latest gallery of artists - but certainly never engage in anything more untoward than this.
And as the room starts spinning (or perhaps this is simply your brain) you cannot help but wonder how you found yourself lost in the swirling cornucopia of color and sensation that now constitutes your reality.
And in that moment, you will think back to this editorial, and either curse or bless my name, as you fade into a scarlet oblivion, lost in a sea of feathers and muslin.
And I? I shall simply point out then, as I do now, that this is nothing more than a simple evolution from what the university and the city it calls home have already set in motion, yes? Not to say that this is something we will, or even must eventually do:
But perhaps it's something we can-can expect.
And as the room starts spinning (or perhaps this is simply your brain) you cannot help but wonder how you found yourself lost in the swirling cornucopia of color and sensation that now constitutes your reality.
And in that moment, you will think back to this editorial, and either curse or bless my name, as you fade into a scarlet oblivion, lost in a sea of feathers and muslin.
And I? I shall simply point out then, as I do now, that this is nothing more than a simple evolution from what the university and the city it calls home have already set in motion, yes? Not to say that this is something we will, or even must eventually do:
But perhaps it's something we can-can expect.
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