Nice piece by Barack Obama on “The Music That Made Us” in the current Rolling Stone (June 2026): “Great music has a way of helping us feel seen; more than that, it helps us see others, enlarging our hearts and our moral imaginations.”
I just finished leading a 3-day faculty institute on “Difficult Conversations and Collaborative Learning.” Having extended conversations with colleagues about teaching was truly inspiring. However, I now also may need a couple of quiet days of jigsaw puzzling and watching cricket.