wish jar : non-linear journal entries

December 16, 2005

non-linear journal entries

I've just returned from a quick tour of several schools on the east coast, (Jeff is applying to grad schools and I am looking into potential teaching opportunities.) It seems the academic world is not as intimidating as I once thought, and I become excited at the possiblities. How wonderful it was to wander into classrooms filled with experimentation and ideas again. To sit in on critiques and participate in thoughtful discussions on art and it's relationship with daily life. I feel fueled. ignited.

More importantly it is amazing to go back into this world after being away from it for many years and feel your ideas solidified somehow. I know so much more about how I respond to things, what moves me, how to articulate my ideas and formulate thoughts about what I am viewing. All this just from doing some living, lots of reading, experimenting, and exploring my surroundings in detail. I am much more equipped at 'telling my own story'. I will add that this is in large part to the journal. The daily work. my research.

"Our strategy should be not only to confront the empire but to lay seige to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness--our abilities to tell our own stories." ~Arundhati Roy

Posted by kerismith at December 16, 2005 11:43 AM

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Posted by: Ginger on December 23, 2005 06:04 AM

i like the Arundhati Roy quote--thanks for posting it.

Posted by: Nicole on December 22, 2005 06:25 PM

Posted by: alza on December 21, 2005 08:27 PM

oo, sounds like a whirlwind tour! i went to mass art for my undergrad and really liked the school. good luck in your explorations/discoveries!

Posted by: kat on December 20, 2005 08:05 PM

oh, i must tell you! I see that you put a little note with an arrow that says...lunch with Butch. My daughter Emma has a friend (a male)...and they have recently taken to calling each other nicknames of Butch and Pansie...Butch is my Emma and of course Pansie is her friend. Long story but, it was cool to see a nod to "Butch"...us being such fans of your work. Also, we live in the northeast CT an hour west of providence, RI. The music scene is hopping here in the northeast...we are avid music fans and "Butch" plays all over at open mics these days. Good luck with the search...do come to New England!

Posted by: Linda on December 18, 2005 07:52 PM

Hi Keri,

Students desperately need and deserve teachers who teach from the heart and soul, not just the BRAIN!

Any school or forum would be blessed to have you.

N a m a s t e,
MB

Posted by: MARYBETH on December 17, 2005 02:31 PM

Good luck with the job hunting. Love the non-linear pages, the totally inspire me! Will have to make a journal entry right now. bye!

Posted by: Hanna on December 17, 2005 02:07 PM

I love Arundhati Roy. And I too find myself happily re-discovering the academic world (at your alma-mater no less). I'm starting to think that we should encourage people to get the hell out of school, rather than stay in it - at least, straight out of high school anyways. It's so much easier to ease into academia as a fully-fledged, human/grown-up rather than a scared kid, away from home for the first time.

Posted by: beth maher on December 17, 2005 11:24 AM

Did you visit Pratt @ Munson-Williams-Proctor? I took many an Adult Ed bookmaking/printmaking class there (actually, before the merge with Pratt). The instructor and fellow students were sooo kind to this "science brained" wanna-be artist. This place is the gem of Utica. Enjoy the search.

Posted by: Mary Collis on December 17, 2005 10:42 AM

So excited for your new possibilities. Just this morning I had a dream of going back to school. . . I once considered attending many of the schools you listed (my grandmother went to Pratt in the 1940s). I'd love to just visit a few.

Posted by: miscellanea on December 17, 2005 08:12 AM

You got to see the WALL? That is on my To Do list! Man, I am a bit jealous. What did you think of it?

Posted by: Rachel on December 16, 2005 11:28 PM

Typo alert: ouR strategy.

Posted by: eliane on December 16, 2005 11:00 PM

Looks like you were in my neck of the woods. With any luck at all I will visit your side of the country... I've dreamt about it. :0)

Posted by: beeb on December 16, 2005 06:44 PM

oh, love it in NE and near Troy! gorgeous in spring, summer and fall... never been there in the winter though! how fun for you all :)
-patty

Posted by: patty on December 16, 2005 04:41 PM

you were in northampton again! I remember another time you were here and i didn't get to meet you. :)

Posted by: soren on December 16, 2005 03:29 PM

That's a great quote! I am excited as well as inspired by what you are doing. I love the journal entry as well... You have a way of capturing the excitement and significance of life even in its ordinary moments...

Posted by: kristine on December 16, 2005 03:17 PM

Hi from NH, an hour north of Boston! We'd love to have you on our side of the country! Isn't it cool to know that your time spent making art, exploring, angsting, and learning, has been a perfect (if painful) process for developing an inner strength of Knowing? Yay for realizing your strengths!

Posted by: Nita on December 16, 2005 01:24 PM