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Had to write this for the upcoming show at the Henry. To the left is my catalog image, a visual summary of my thes-ass. “Born in Aspen, Colorado, Callie Neylan moved to Washington state in 1990. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Central Washington University in 1997, studying art,

originally uploaded by Rigmarole. I’m sitting here in the DX ARTS lab batch capturing my most recent footage. While waiting, I just thought I’d browse Flickr and happened to come upon this photo. It’s how I feel right now because grad school effing sucks. Do I really

Cala Lily, originally uploaded by rustman. This is nice, too, but not as an overall aesthetic. Maybe interspersed throughout the film….

PEKO, originally uploaded by delideladelo. Searching images on Flickr for inspiration for my thesis film…. I like this one, but maybe on a black background instead of white.

“In our culture, the term “criticism” has acquired negative connotations. It has become synonymous with ridicule and denigration for many people. So, it’s no wonder many students experience apprehension about having their images critiqued. To mitigate these fears, we need to make clear to our students – and to ourselves

Okay, so Jason won. Anyway, life in the grad studio is much better this year, minus the mènage à trois and with all that transpired in Rome. While the trip was melodramatic for the most part and hell sometimes while we were there, I guess certain people being put in

Well, here it is. We’ll see how my presentation goes on Wednesday….

So, for my experimental film class, we were split into groups of three to create an exquisite corpse. My group (me, Michelle, and Naasir) was given the right torso and hand. We were told to create five 15-second films with three-second breaks between them that together played cohesively as a