Word: contact
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...maps are just the beginning. The entire institution of travel is undergoing a rapid phase of abstraction. We are a generation that has never known what it means to reach a far off destination by passing through every point in between. Mass, rapid, modern transit means a loss of contact with the “in-between-ness” of places. Air travel is great because it lets us connect two distant places by just folding a map. And you’ll notice that if you fold correctly, what disappears into the crease is all the area...
...don’t actually have to do anything. Here’s what I know: I get on a plane, seat myself, experience some shaking and rumbling for about five hours, get off the plane and Poof! I’m in Los Angeles. Magic! Tactile sensation, immediate contact, synaesthetic pleasure: These are the artifacts of old-fashioned travel that have been replaced by the passivity of the “commuter.” Even if I bother to look out the window somewhere over South Dakota, the enormous visual distance between me and the ground turns...
Both Ur and Sherwood also point out that requiring HRDC members to work on other productions throughout the semester has opened up more avenues for contact, and in some cases, has helped create ties for future working relationships. Zackheim says he enjoys becoming part of a new cast and crew when he works towards his tech requirement. “It’s more a chance for the people in the limited world of Harvard theater to interact and co-mingle with each other,” he says...
...from a long day at work and found us vegged out in front of the tube, she broke down in exasperated tears. In retrospect, this seems exceedingly dramatic. Was there really something so wrong with “Darkwing Duck” and “3-2-1 Contact...
...pinched in, the Harvard [forward] left me,” says Lewis. “I actually hit Dylan, and that was probably the first time we came into contact on the opposite team. It was something small and probably no one noticed, but it was a great feeling...