A Thesis in Pieces
Huzzah! I am 58 pages closer to a graduate degree in Contemporary Art and Theory.
Four days ago, my dining room floor looked like this:
When I taught writing at Cov, I would occasionally frighten hapless students by whipping out a pair of scissors and announcing that we were going to cut up their essays. I am a big believer in slicing up essays. In real life. There is something so productive and material and satisfying about physically playing with the order of an essay that even Microsoft Word’s scissor icon can’t quite approximate.
After a satisfying round with my scissors, some tape, and scrap paper, things started to come together:
Yay. The final few projects of the semester seem far more manageable after taming this beast.
april said:
on December 10, 2007 at 4:08 pm
i like that picture. way to go! you’re a plugger-away-er
Jason said:
on January 25, 2008 at 7:04 pm
We’re hoping the paper is finished…?