Introduction: a reconsideration of im-potentiality -- From being willful to being more willing -- Im-potentiality: the ontology of study -- The aesthetics of study: poetic rhythm, mood, and the melancholic angel -- The method of study or collecting signatures -- The time and space of study: weak utopianism and im-potentiality -- The work of studious play: the problem of transmission revisited -- Studying with friends -- Public, collective studying as an im-potential political gesture