The breadth of influence that a person has remains hopelessly tiny, if each of us commits only to whisper quietly to his peers from atop a unique and distant pillar. For all the rustle of activity in the world, and all of the obfuscation created by the errors of history and conflicts of the present, there is no response which can find its legs and gather velocity, unless we act in balanced confederacy against the problems that are manifest before us. As an aspiring writer in the areas of philosophy and international law, I intuit that these are truths which I believe because, in some way, I must: in order to believe that there is hope for change, I must also believe that there is a
means to affect it. It is my humble impression that this blog is founded tacitly upon that principle, and it is with this approach in mind that I am honored to contribute.
By way of introduction, I am currently an intern for the International Study Program (ISP) at the Salzburg Global Seminar, and I have been asked to chronicle the events of ISPs 29 and 30, as well as other proceedings of the Seminar. It is my great pleasure to invite you to read both my posts, which are intentionally personal, and to monitor the posts made by my dedicated colleagues. I implore anew each reader follow along on this blog, but also to comment, and thus to give a voice to a viewpoint which would otherwise be screamed in solitude, alone and abandoned on its solitary pillar: permit this blog to be your connection to each other, to this process, and to our shared future.
D. Travis Campbell
5 comments:
Congratulations Mr. Campbell. I look forward to reading your chronicles. I can think of no other person who is better suited for this job than you are, and I trust that your analysis will be frank, creative, and will teach us all a little more about the world that we live in. It is my sincere hope that you learn as much by writing, as we do from reading. Cheers!
Ann Grabowski
It's refreshing to read such an astute understanding of today's social norm of hushed conversation with discouraged action. I hope that your word spreads to prompt action in the face of today's current issues.
i couldn't think of a more perfect forum for you. i hope your views of the seminar will help us more understand, and question, our global community.
m
What a mind and spirit. A joy not only to read this post and the comments here, but your subsequent posts. I hope that others hear your voice and give voice, and thereby break what you noted and Charles Clark labeled as: "today's social norm of hushed conversation with discouraged action".
Toshi Knell
Toshi,
Gracious thank you for your kind words. Much work ahead, no doubt. This is the beginning. :)
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