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Last night, I could not manage a conversation with myself. This morning as I walked from the train to campus, I ran into myself and had a delightful exchange. I've enjoyed walking the Bryn Mawr campus on the way to our sessions every day. It occurred to me today that I've been staying on the paths. I also noticed that due to the construction on campus, each day the available paths have been slightly different--there is nothing like a mad orange construction barrier to make you change your direction. Paul throws out orange barriers in the institute all of the time---he also sends out flares, as do fellow participants, that draw my attention and direction. What gets any of us off the path so to speak? In thinking about the projects we are working on, we've got agency to choose our own paths--still we are trodding worn paths--otherwise we wouldn't find any related research to link to our ideas. So, at what point in the project do we leave the path? Is it when a big orange blockade keeps us from pursuing a particular path? Is is when we meet ourselves and have a delightful conversation that shifts our perspective? What motivates some people to live their lives off the path---inventing new possiblities, approaches, realities? Is it important to return to the path? How often and for what purpose?