i can't quite put it into words, but this last conference felt different from others i've attended. i felt that, as i listened to the other attendees, i understood more than before, that my brain processed these notions more efficiently, and that occasionally i actually had something to say.
for example, a friend of mine (pekka pankka, which will soon join us in michigan) had given a wonderful presentation which derived topological consequences from function theory, and afterwards i asked a silly question about geometry ..
.. but the fact remains that i asked. it's usually someone else's inclination to ask questions; marie and kevin come easily to mind, and it was strange to hear myself ask one.
i don't know what it means. maybe it means nothing, but it remains something new.
a week ago i had an idea, one of many, but today it died. here is its story.
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