Think about freedom to chalk

Three things:

1. Freedom is not an object. It is a mode of being. You should not demand it as if it were a thing, but instead practice it as a freedom that is immediately available to you. Stop chalking demands for the freedom to chalk—the act of chalking already performs this function. Besides, it is much more subversive to practice chalking without acknowledging the administration’s ban on chalking, thus refusing to grant it legitimacy. Otherwise, your demand only reconfirms the master’s position as such. Don’t let them “give” us chalking like a gift. Just take it as if it was always yours.

2. The amount of attention granted to chalking has made it an always-already political issue. You should treat it as such. Don’t chalk silly things like initials in hearts or pseudo-philosophical prattle. That only trivializes the activity, which has become an important metaphor for the administration’s slow (accelerating?) but certain de-radicalization of the campus. The freedom of expression should be treated responsibly, especially here, where the student body is always on the verge of a boy who cried wolf phenomenon. We should reclaim chalking as a means of campus dialogue, not a pedestal for self-aggrandizement.

3. I love you all very much.