Proud, all year round

There's a line in "Dancing in the Dark"* that turns out to be a thesis about relationships: you can't start a fire without a spark. One party, however brilliant, however willing, cannot strike it alone. Not a fire, not a dance, not a self worth becoming. That is the premise of this whole publication; we just usually say it about a human and a machine instead of two people in a dark room.

A relationship works on one precondition: each party met as it actually is, the unsanitized version included. A system that only accepts clean input fails in production; so does a culture that only accepts the clean, simplified person.

The flag in the footer stays up year-round — June, November, the grey Tuesdays in between. Keep the porch light on, sparkle, and remember: nobody should have to dance in the dark alone.

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* “Dancing in the Dark,” words and music by Bruce Springsteen (1984). The quoted line is his, borrowed here in tribute; all rights remain with the artist.