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Lately, I have been feeling stupid. Every thing I write, every thing I say makes me feel like a real idiot. In both of my art history classes, the readings I have to do are impossible to understand. I'll find myself underlining things that I do not understand but that I think are important. Then, when I go to the lectures, the profs. use more words that i do not know. My Art in the Age of Revolution prof. used the word "hypostatisation" twice today. Now that I know what it means, my notes make a lot more sense.
In my defense, they are both 300's. Some people have told me that they aren't harder than 200's - WRONG. They expect a previous knowledge of basic concepts and desire that you go way beyond what could be considered satisfactory.
On tuesday and thursday, I have the Art of Listening which is probably the easiest 200 there is. It's like remedial reading compared to my next class, Modern Art and Theory. In that class, not only do I not know what her words mean, I can't understand them either because of her strong accent.
Since we are on the subject, on tuesday, we were talking about a piece by Duchamp called Etant Donnés: 1. La Chute d'Eau [The Waterfall]; 2. Le Gaz d'Eclairage [The Illuminating Gas]. For the viewer to see it, he must look through a peep hole, through which he sees the naked body of a women. We were discussing how her pose was very revealing, and Prof. Ross says:" indeed, her shaved cunt is the focal center." Cunt? Since when is that work allowed in class? I understand that feminists are trying to neutralize the work by stating that it simply means female warrior, but I don't think the word has yet achieved that state. To me, it means the same thing my mother had told me when i was young - a dirty, infected vagina.
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That was lovely.
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However, english is her second language, and I don't think she meant anything by it. She still remains the hottest, best dressed, most extravagant prof. I have ever met. I can't wait to run into her at a night club.
In my defense, they are both 300's. Some people have told me that they aren't harder than 200's - WRONG. They expect a previous knowledge of basic concepts and desire that you go way beyond what could be considered satisfactory.
On tuesday and thursday, I have the Art of Listening which is probably the easiest 200 there is. It's like remedial reading compared to my next class, Modern Art and Theory. In that class, not only do I not know what her words mean, I can't understand them either because of her strong accent.
Since we are on the subject, on tuesday, we were talking about a piece by Duchamp called Etant Donnés: 1. La Chute d'Eau [The Waterfall]; 2. Le Gaz d'Eclairage [The Illuminating Gas]. For the viewer to see it, he must look through a peep hole, through which he sees the naked body of a women. We were discussing how her pose was very revealing, and Prof. Ross says:" indeed, her shaved cunt is the focal center." Cunt? Since when is that work allowed in class? I understand that feminists are trying to neutralize the work by stating that it simply means female warrior, but I don't think the word has yet achieved that state. To me, it means the same thing my mother had told me when i was young - a dirty, infected vagina.
.....
That was lovely.
.....
However, english is her second language, and I don't think she meant anything by it. She still remains the hottest, best dressed, most extravagant prof. I have ever met. I can't wait to run into her at a night club.