So here it is folks! A picture of multiple copies of my manuscript along with feedback from my lovely memoir team. Let the revisions begin…This is my brain post thesis class last night. A blur.This was the eerie reality to my 10:30 arrival at home after having been in class since 5:30. The fog was …
Ahhh, the side effects of creativity happy hour! I was drawing on a styrofoam mannequin head while my partners in crime Mira & Tracy made tree branches and feathered the face, respectively. Our masterpiece is still a work in progress but it’s flowing!
Creativity Class: Strauss, Hitchcock and Haiku
I’m just home post-Creativity class, the foundational course for my MFA in Creative Writing program. Tonight’s class featured The Aspen String Trio and us, the students. They played sections of a song, then followed-up each asking what mood the piece evoked. The first song was entitled ‘The Girl is Mad at Me’; as we listened …
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Ditching the Adult and Finding the Child
Hello Kitty pencil case, markers, crayons, glue sticks, construction paper, stickers and scissors are just some of the supplies needed for my creativity class, my foundational course for my MFA program. I used all of the above for our assignments this past week which consisted of bird watching, beginning to copy a poem into our …
I Need a Theme Song or Day One of Class
I feel like I need a sound, like the Law & Order sound or the sound at the end of a scene right before commercial in 24…I need my own Cija sound but I’m not sure what that sound would be, but I keep thinking, hmmm, I need something strong! I’m taking my time with this …
My Chickens Have Come Home to Roost aka Grad School Begins
*Pictured above glittery udders on display in front of the quirky Papermoon Diner in Baltimore. This picture has nothing to do with any of the below narrative, but figured my day could use a little bling even if on a cow’s udders. Dude I am absolutely traumatized and trepidatiously excited after today’s orientation for grad school. …
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Hustle, Hustle, Hustle Hard! *
Courtesy of Google Images *Say title like the Ace Hood song Awwww shucky ducky! I just clicked ‘accept’ in my application portal to verify I will begin grad school this coming fall, so now something theoretical has become quite real: I’m going to begin an MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing. Imagine my pointer finger …
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