Admissions: A report from a pilgrimage to an alternative university

“Admissions” is a speculative fiction invoking two traditions – science and literature – that reflects on creativity in education. The overarching frame is that of a science report and the literary construct is a pilgrimage, very loosely modelled on the work of Geoffrey Chaucer, as well as on the tales of imagined travel by Sir Francis Bacon (New Atlantis) and Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (The Blazing World). The intent is partly to evoke the critical power in creative work that simultaneously engages the inherent criticality of creative expression across disciplines. More specifically, each voice offers a different “plane” of creativity and learning that together intersect and combine to make a more complete education.