wisdom gleaned via Michel de Certeau

"...we can divert the time owed to the institution; we can make textual objects that signify an art and solidarities; we can play the game of free exchange... we can create networks of connivances and slights of hand; we can exchange gifts; and in these ways we can subvert the law that, in the scientific factory, puts work at the service of the machine and, by a similar logic, progressively destroys the requirement of creation and the 'obligation to give.'"

he's talking about specifics, but i like to think of it generally.

also:

ice cream, wine, and bats on the seine.