March 2008

More amazing conversations with scientists about materials they investigating on the beamlines. From meteorites to pigments every day is fascinating.

Once again though, I look at the scribbled notes and diagrams both my own and those the scientists have made to try and make clear to me these complicated processes. What happens to these fleeting moments when I not only comprehend the answer, but the question that I am asking so clumsily.

The only way this project makes sense is if there is some communication of these moments.

Time is flashing past and I only have insights into tiny parts of completely disparate areas of research which are only linked by this fantastic machine. I don’t want to be tied to one area and am searching for connections!

If only I can grasp the right questions, and keep on a single path then just maybe I will find a dialog that will stay with me and is worth communicating to a wider audience!

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