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An odd afternoon. \u00a0Drove into Minneapolis, walked a good ways through a skyway connecting the Leamington ramp to the Minneapolis Convention Center, a lonely walk on a Sunday, got my assignment for the American Association of Museums, walked back up 2nd Avenue to the Crown Plaza Hotel and sat for four hours greeting people attending the the AAM conference.<\/p>\n
Not many requests for help, but a few. \u00a0Mostly solved with, “Yes, it leaves every 15 minutes right there.” \u00a0or “Go out the door, turn right and keep going.”<\/p>\n
The day was raw, a Minnesota spring day, chilly for those folks from southern climes. \u00a0And cloudy.<\/p>\n
The conference program bruits the statistic about number of theatre seats and New York City. \u00a0And our world class museums. \u00a0Didn’t say anything about the Minnesota Orchestra or the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra though I would have.<\/p>\n
Back home, wondering why I’d agreed to do this bit. \u00a0I get a free day attendance at the conference and I may go. \u00a0Sounds like the exhibition hall might be worth seeing. \u00a0And the bookstore of course.<\/p>\n
Recalled my conference going days. \u00a0Hotel rooms, meetings with round tables and chairs with cloth and shaped aluminum, rushed gatherings in the \u00a0hall, plotting, making our move. \u00a0Conference behavior, where the momentary becomes urgent and the world away dissolves in the fantasy realm of significance among like minded folks.<\/p>\n
Later they will get on planes and wonder what happened in Minneapolis. \u00a0That was 2012. \u00a0Right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spring \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Beltane Moon An odd afternoon. \u00a0Drove into Minneapolis, walked a good ways through a skyway connecting the Leamington ramp to the Minneapolis Convention Center, … Continue reading Conference World<\/span>