Iks, i grec, zed

Basic French at the Alliance Française.

Contextualism

I misremembered the time of Jason's contextualism class and showed up an hour late. When I arrived, the room was empty, and I wondered whether I got the room number wrong. I knew I was in the right place, though, when I found these sentences on the blackboard.

Making a Purchase

Hindi phrasebook.

Photo by Melody.

Color Adjectives

A representation of the meaning of the adjective "green", during a joint meeting of the Wittgenstein Workshop and the Semantics and Philosophy of Language Workshop.

The Seminar

I took this picture in Josef's Semantics and Pragmatics seminar last February. I posted it to Flickr and forgot about it. A couple of weeks ago, I got a message from someone who was interested in using the picture. The message read:

"Dear Nat Hansen,

I was searching the Internet for photos, when I found your picture of five people breaking up after what looks like a serious discussion.

I am layouting a book about project collaboration within the Danish construction business. And the intensity of your photo is just what I am looking for regarding the chapter about consulting seminars. I am aware of the differences between philosophy and project collaboration, however you have captured a moment we can all recognize in my office.

I therefore ask for your permission to print a copy of the photo in my book. There is a commercial purpose with the book. But since I am juist part of a small, local based company, I hope for your approval.

My alternative is hiring a professional photographer for the exact same setup.

Best regards..."

I granted him permission, but now I kind of regret doing so. Why? Look at his last sentence: "My alternative is hiring a professional photographer for the exact same setup". That sounds like something Jeff Wall would do. I would have loved to have seen a recreation of the exact same setup.