An Analysis Of My Painting "The Enlightenment"
I was contacted by a student named Roy who was writing an art analysis paper for a class. The assignment was apparently to choose the work they found most compelling from the student exhibition and write an analysis of it. Roy told me he had chosen one of my pieces, The Enlightenment, and wanted to know if there was any other information about it that he should know. I told him it...
College for Dummies
Returning to college has been an interesting experience in many ways, but one of the things that has been a constant source of bewilderment for me is how some of the other students manage to do so poorly in what are, by my estimation, fairly easy classes. I understand the completely unmotivated party kids who never show up for class—well, no I don’t understand them but I understand why they are getting Ds and Fs....
Bucket Brigade
While watching the Smurfs one morning, I saw the Smurfs form a bucket brigade to put out a fire. This reminded me of something from junior high. My history teacher was really big on hands-on activities. For example, we all went out and learned how to split wood one day. One time we had a field trip where the girls went to his house (where he told us dirty jokes!!) and baked bread. The boys...