Re: Regarding Rachel's question:

Mike Cole (mcole who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu)
Tue, 1 Sep 1998 20:13:13 -0700 (PDT)

Ellice-- The Devil wrote Ambrose Bierce. Her dictionary :-) is a wonderful
piece of Menckenesque writing, but his novels are also really wonderful.

maybe after we read him wertsch this fall we could turn to the use of
literature as source of theoretical insights in activity theory.

Following Bill Barowy's example, let me contribute another insight form
(from ) Norman Maclean:

All there is to thinking is seeing something noticablewhich makes you
see something you weren't noticing which make syou see something that
isn't even visible. (A River Runs Through It, p. 92).

mike