http://ladypilot.org Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:27:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en one thing that happened in the intervening silence of this blog was that my grandmother (my father's mother) died suddenly at the beginning of April. it was unexpected in that there was no long decline, no hospitalizations immediately before. she simply died in her sleep, which, as my father pointed ... http://ladypilot.org/?p=244 i really like teaching teenagers. teenage girls, especially. i first had this experience at Tyler (when i was barely out of my teens myself) when i taught the Weekend Workshop class, a Sunday morning (yes, Sunday morning) pre-college type class where i taught ceramics to a small group of somnolent ... http://ladypilot.org/?p=243 how do i say this without sounding insufferable? i kind of hate Nantucket. i have been in an unbelievable funk since i got here. i have tried to logic my brain out of this depression, which works most of the time these days, thanks to a well-worn and hard-won mental pathway that ... http://ladypilot.org/?p=242 in early March, i went on my first date in two years. i would have been more of a wreck about it if i wasn't so busy with school. at that point, i was three weeks away from beginning the install for my MFA show, and i had so much shit ... http://ladypilot.org/?p=241 from the ferry, the water looks like dark, opaque corrugated glass. the night before was hazy, foggy and humid, and as i drove onto the Cape early this morning, it started to clear. from the window that i sit at now, on my way to the island of Nantucket, i ... http://ladypilot.org/?p=240 i passed my oral defense. thesis with distinction. i haven't quite figured out what this means yet, but apparently it's a big deal. it will be on my diploma. oh, i just want to hold onto this feeling. hold it hold it hold it and not forget it. http://ladypilot.org/?p=239 i came across some of my old artist books from around 2003-2005 today. i haven't unearthed them for at least three or four years. i was showing them to someone here at school, and after she left, i found myself diving into them. many of them are sketchbook journals, covering ... http://ladypilot.org/?p=237 John Cage: some rules for students and teachers. RULE ONE: Find a place you trust, and then try trusting it for awhile. RULE TWO: General duties of a student – pull everything out of your teacher; pull everything out of your fellow students. RULE THREE: General duties of a teacher – pull everything ... http://ladypilot.org/?p=236 after too many years of fighting 18 wheelers on the Cross Bronx Expressway, i now taking a series of small parkways into Manhattan. starting somewhere up in Connecticut, from the Merritt to the Cross County to the Saw Mill to the Henry Hudson. all these highways in miniature, made twee ... http://ladypilot.org/?p=234 one good, one bad. the bad: i got my first rejection via email today, from SUNY Oswego. i always wonder what goes on behind the scenes when you're rejected that fast (i sent in my application a scant two weeks ago). was my application that bad, or did they already have ... http://ladypilot.org/?p=235