One day in class, a student, Isaiah, was talking with another student, Wasim, about basketball. They talked about a lot of different things. Really specific things.

Then I asked Isaiah:

“What is Basketball without basketball?”

The look on his face.

That was probably my favorite moment in the whole, damn, Online semester.

Pick something you find fascinating and love to do or that you just think about a lot. Sewing? Gaming? Singing? Professional Football? Movies? What is it, really? What are you left with when you remove the thing, itself? What is at its essence?