Tomorrow evening is the department-wide demo show here. Tonight I am working late at the University on my own projects, and I am aware that all around me, groups of students are hard at work, preparing their projects for the big event.
They have gathered with calm intensity all about the lab, descending like flocks of birds onto every available meeting and conference room, fiddling with code and with Kinects, making final adjustments to their demos.
Discarded coats are flung across empty chairs, and boxes of half-eaten pizza lie scattered upon lab tables, as young men and women stare at their computers with rapt and unwavering focus, speaking to each other in hushed tones as they lean in, gazing first into one laptop screen and then another.
I am sure these students are far too immersed in their process to stop and wonder how all of this might appear to an outside observer.
I, for one, think it is one of the most beautiful sights in all the world.
The fact that you feel this way about “the season” is a great reason for you to come back to TheCDM, perhaps in time for OUR next showcase (June 26)?