I have read that the urge to create begins as a tickle and turns into a bonfire. In this first report on the project I am calling Public Works, let me try to describe the idea that has been tickling me for the past few years and the beacon I am hoping to light.
It might help to begin by describing how I came to Fletcher in the first place. Like many of my peers, I had studied and worked in Washington, D.C. and had reached what felt like that point in the very-early-middle of a career at which a master’s degree is the commonly accepted next step. I was confident that I had learned how to do school, I was increasingly confident that I knew how to work, and I was looking for new work—all of which, as far as I could tell, led me to pursue a master’s degree.
