Brandon and I traveled to Florida last week for his grandfather’s funeral, so here’s a post from the stash I keep handy for when I don’t feel up to writing. Today, we’re going back in time, to the 1996-1997 academic year, and an experience I had in fifth grade. Overall, I remember fifth grade as… Continue reading A Story About Pedagogy
Category: Reflection
Blogging, 2022 Style
Last year I made a resolution to be better about sharing work in progress, with this blog becoming a place to hold myself accountable. Every month, I had a set week designated for a specific aspect of my work, from dissertation research to sketching. Throughout the year, I maintained that consistent schedule, whether the post… Continue reading Blogging, 2022 Style
Year-End Reflections
Like last year, 2021 has been tumultuous. From the deeply unsettling riots on January 6th, to the endless rollouts of new corona variants, to the very real effects of climate change and the seeming inertia on the part of major corporations and governments to do anything about it, and many, many other events, this year… Continue reading Year-End Reflections
Exhibition Work: December Update
For the past few weeks, I’ve been writing and editing the exhibition texts: the object labels, introductory panels, and other writings that appear in a gallery and contextualize the pieces on display. Like every aspect of this exhibition, I’ve been consciously taking a more collaborative approach compared to my previous museum work. After writing the… Continue reading Exhibition Work: December Update
Dissertation Work: December Update
Last month I talked about some of the issues I’ve been experiencing with procrastination. Today, I’ll discuss the work I’ve done since then while also taking a look back on the past year. In terms of revision, I admittedly haven’t done all that much. After I shifted around a few sections to better reflect my… Continue reading Dissertation Work: December Update
Translating the JDP Experience: A Career Center Workshop
During the past few weeks, I’ve been settling into my role as the Graduate Fellow for the William & Mary/St Andrews Joint Degree Programme at the Cohen Career Center. In mid-October, after several weeks of observing the Center’s career advisors, I started accepting my own advising appointments, and have been meeting one-on-one with JDP students… Continue reading Translating the JDP Experience: A Career Center Workshop
Dissertation Work, November Update
At some point, usually multiple times, most of us experience procrastination. Whether it’s doing some household chore, making a difficult phone call, or working on a challenging project, we’ve probably all encountered something we didn’t want to do, and found ways to put off doing it. Not surprisingly, this happens a lot in graduate school,… Continue reading Dissertation Work, November Update
(My) Life in the Time of Climate Change
Last week I finally completed a private commission for a family friend. I can’t show you the results yet though, because I don’t want the intended recipients to accidentally see it, so here’s a different post I wrote a few weeks back. A couple months ago I saw a listing on the AAM website for… Continue reading (My) Life in the Time of Climate Change
Writing about Dragons, ca. 1999-2003
I’ve been thinking recently about writing. As readers we tend to categorize it as good or bad, and as writers we tend to be self-deprecating, but I’ve been thinking about how classifying writing as one or the other, as good or bad, can sometimes overlook its intended purpose. Different kinds of writing do different kinds… Continue reading Writing about Dragons, ca. 1999-2003
Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful
Usually when I post an art update, I talk about my own work. I’m in the midst of a project that I can’t share right now though because its intended recipients might accidentally see it, so today we’re going to focus on another facet of my creative practice: visiting art exhibitions. As I learned in… Continue reading Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful