Here We Go Again
…in order to get better at the craft you love you have to do it over and over.
Fiction 2: WTF is a Parody?
Fiction 2 is the writing workshop that you take in your second semester of the Fiction Writing program. The big assignment is a Parody..
Flip Flops in the Windy City: Recording Session #1!
I don’t think there is a single film composer out there that would argue that the recording session phase of writing music is the aw..
A Day in the Life of a DMT & C Student
I go on and on writing in my blog about this and that, but I often wonder if readers are ever like, “So, really though, what does a da..
Elementary Education: Hunger Games (Prepping the Lesson)
Cherise and I teach our Hunger Games lesson plan this Thursday, so we spent the weekend printing worksheets, buying art supplies, and ..
How To Find Housing in Chicago
First of all, I want to say congratulations to all the new admitted students. I decided to write this post at this time to give you so..
Hall Chat: What I’m Reading / What I’m Writing
I ‘ve been reading Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing by Helene Cixous and in the section, “The School of the Dead,” she quotes Kafk..
InterArts Class Profile: Directed Graduate Projects
Another puff of flour fills the air of the Raw Space. The particles give weight and force to the dancer that threw it in the air–the ..
Elementary Education: Pop Culture Analysis of Rookie Magazine!
As promised in last week’s post, here is my analysis of Rookie Magazine’s effect on adolescents. All of the photos on the blog are my ..
A Process of Documentation
So, this past weekend I had a first time experience: I had my work photographed by a professional. It was incredible. After years of w..