And So It (Thesis) Begins
The feeling of planning for thesis: “Waiting for an Idea,” Marina Abramovic, 1991. Photo: http://coyote.mcachicago.org/images/13639
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On Rube Goldberg Machines
Hello once again, reader, and welcome to this final post of the summer! When we meet again I will be in the midst of thesis candidacy and ..
Summer Wind-Down
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With five weeks remaining, summer is rapidly approaching its end and–most importantly–the beginning of ..
The Craft School Experience
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I am back from a bit of an extended hiatus after attending Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine ..
Make It Work
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I’m writing to you now several weeks into the summer as the imminence of thesis starts to feel more and more real. Ou..
Hello From the Other Side (of the Semester)
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Summer has officially arrived, which is something I can finally say now that all of those lingering post-semester loo..
A Semester in Review
What is the name for the energy that permeates a campus a week before Spring semester gives way to summer? I’m almost certain I don’t know..
Disbelief, Wonderment, and Other Forms of Amazement
If you had to pick out a single theme from my writing on graduate life thus far, I think the thing you’d see repeating most often througho..
On the Move: A Field Report
The following excerpts were written one afternoon as I rushed to accomplish a day’s work-life-school balance. I hope that they offer you s..
Adventures in Teaching
Hello again, reader. As I noted in my last entry, the passage of time feels inexplicably accelerated in the Spring semester, so the mere w..