Consider the Volley

Have you ever noticed that all volley sports sustain the volley by an active effort to cancel it out? This interesting sensible system is at the center of this archipelago of sixteen essays exploring the ways we make sense of things. In the true spirit of an essayist, Adam Tramantano demonstrates stylistic dexterity exploring a range of topics from how to eat an Italian icy, to why pay phones were actually a luxury. At the center of these essays is the attempt to make sense of the ever-evasive act of how we make sense of things. Tramantano does not want to drive home one grand theory. Explorative, playful, quotidian, surprisingly complex, Consider the Volley is an exultation of the essay. He argues we should stop watching awards shows, and stop giving so much attention to celebrities. He explores the human interference in public spaces. And he raises doubts about whether sharing is a virtue, whether charisma exists, and whether the volley is even a good example. We are living in convergent times, confronted by constant encounters with what is sensible and what is not. We are constantly challenged to make sense of the insensible. While a grand theory of it all, placing meaning in perfect plots and categories might give us comfort and certitude, how we make sense of things is not so easily explained. Consider the Volley is a collection of sixteen essays that are like an archipelago. They have their own foundations, their own borders and harbors, but you can see one from the other. There is no one answer, but there's infinity in the exploration of possibilities.