Creativity and Law Faculties

Kelly and Eric have both said their good-byes, and after spending a couple of months here, it is my time to wander on, as well. I've thoroughly enjoyed being here, and am grateful to Dan and the Lounge for the invitation. I started out back in August hesitantly replying to some questions posed to me as a current faculty candidate going through the AALS process. I haven't talked too much more about that process, and that won't change tonight, but I hope that once things are done, Dan and the rest of the Loungers (should that be capitalized?) will have me back for a follow-up post or two on the process and how it turned out.

In the meantime, I'll be joining the folks over at Madisonian.net to do my IP/IT/Information Law thing, but will also be here lurking and occasionally commenting.

For her sign-off post, Kelly brought us questions about school pets, and Eric Fink brought us fly fishing (I used to want to learn to fly fish, but now I think I could spend that same amount of time in the woods, and maybe even wading in the water, taking photographs -- not that I have time to do that right now, but still). For my last foray here, I want to start with this:

In the city fields
contemplating cherry-trees
strangers are like friends

Issa

And with that, I would like to ask: are there people in your schools who are creative outside of the law, but still with the written word? Are they novelists [book link]? Playwrites? Fiction writers (example [pdf])? Are they tenured? How do your colleagues view their non-law activities?

Thanks again to Dan and the gang for inviting me here and for being so welcoming during my visit.

Comments

[Tim Zinnecker]

Thanks for your posts, Rob. And all the best during this faculty recruiting season.

[Eric Fink]

Rob, your photos are stunning! Thanks for sharing them. And I hope some time you will join me on the river, whether to catch fish or to capture them on film (or in digits).

[Kelly Anders]

What a great post. To answer your question about creativity, one of my colleages paints, and his work is featured in various areas in the building. I do large collages, and one covers part of a wall in my office. I really like your photography, and I think it is a skill that, like blogging, relies heavily on timing and just the right touch -- which you display in both capacities.