11am-2pm: Professor drilling the 5 of us in his class with questions about what it means to be an intellectual, what are his/her duties to the people, and on what grounds a critic enforces his judgement. This was our first lesson and it was pure discussion, without lecture, background or notes. These are some of the things we came up with in answer:
An intellectual is part of an elite group caught between tradition and innovation, who is in but not of the world. The critic moves from a subjective stance to an objective one, and beyond that to produce a rational, value judgement. People's judgements stem from the ideology they are immersed in, and an intellectual's role is to re-present (if necessary) culture, history and the future. One has the choice to be part of this elite group, or to retreat as Cypher does into the Matrix.
Those two hours just gave me a headache.
Well, no, not just a headache, but because what was said made me think. That we each have a choice, a responsiblity that comes with our abilities. But what?
6.30pm-10.30pm: Bible Study group, dinner and fellowship included. Today the 8 of us read and discussed Galatians 6:1-10, and then had an honest, uplifting intercessory prayer session. The thing I took away with me was prayer.
I had forgotten how powerful prayer was, how integral it is in communication with God, how much other people (not just myself) need it.
There's something I must do, and it can't be done through essays. But what?
hmm
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