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Ack! I accidentally commented on Jenn's questions and now I have to answer hers. Ack!!!
So here is the drill, now that this thing has trapped me. Like a chain letter. Oh yeah, the deal: if you comment, I will ask you questions, and then you will have to do this. Consider yourself warned.
1. Who is your favorite professor/teacher? Why?
I was going to say Charles Timm-Ballard, hands down, but then I thought of Mare Blocker and Mat Kelly, so maybe I will talk a little bit about everyone.
Charles is amazing. I had only spoken to him once before this year, but then I had thesis and senior sem with him in the fall and have thesis and ceramics with him now, so I have come to understand what Ian was always talking about back when Charles was his core prof. Charles is BRILLIANT and funny in the strangest ways. Like he is never trying to be funny, but it just happens all the time. And when he IS trying to be funny, it is always the sort of joke that you realize won't be funny until five years from now when you are sitting somewhere and happen to think of it and suddenly get the punchline. Charles asks very thoughtful questions that, though not always helpful in the way you thought you needed, certainly get you thinking. Mostly, he is the extraordinarily understanding and patient and helpful. He once sent me an email that made me cry because it was just so nice.
I have never actually taken a class from Mare, but I am sort of her de facto student because I am the senior printmaking major and she is the printmaking professor, so she shows me things and we laugh together. Mare is wonderfully quirky and tells great stories and knows clever ways to do every single thing.
Mat Kelly is no longer at Whitman, but is one of the reasons I came here. I visited his intro art class as a prospie, and after he got the class going on their project, he came and sat down with me and talked to me for half an hour about what I was looking for in a college and what kind of art I liked to do and so on. He is very patient and an extraordinary listener, and was one of the best TEACHers I have ever had in his quiet, helpful way.
2. What is the first thing you will put on the wall at the next place you live?
Hmmm. Next place I live being wherever I live this summer, which is very undetermined... Probably my pace flag from Italy. Pace meaning peace. Right now it is hanging over my bed, because Steve was really excited about it when we were moving my stuff into my new room at the end of last semester, and asked me if we could hang it there. So it was the first thing up. I imagine that things will go similarly this summer when we move wherever we move.
3. Where is your favorite place to eat in Walla Walla? In Fort Collins? In Seattle?
Walla Walla: Probably Bangkok 103, the little Thai place in College Place. Or maybe Sweet Basil Pizzeria. Or maybe brunch at Clarette's. I like food.
Fort Collins: Young's. Big City Burrito. The Rio (ok, that's just a favorite place to drink). La Luz. Mount Fuji. The Egg and I. Macaroni Grill.
Seattle: No clue, I never eat there. I'll tell you Orcas Island instead.
Orcas Island: The Kitchen. The Homegrown. The place that used to be the A-1 Diner (but only for breakfast). The thai restaurant in the basement of the grange that is only open a few days a week. Rose's. Also, the thai restaurant in Anacortes, which is not on Orcas but is certainly on the way there. Danny and I always used to eat there on the way off the ferry.
4. When did you decide to be an art major?
I decided when I was in Italy at art school. I had been toying with the idea for a few weeks, but I think I really decided one night laying in bed when I envisioned a series of prints based on all of the houses I ever lived in, and realized that if I was an art major it could be a thesis and I could make those prints instead of regurgitating art history info in oral examinations. And so I switched, and am now making the prints.
5. How do you hope any future children of yours will grow up/turn out?
I hope that they will be smart and self-confident and not limited by the expectations of others. I hope they grow up believing in themselves and their own potential. I hope they are independent, but willing to let others in and truly care for them. I hope that they learn from their mistakes rather than regretting them. I hope that they are generous and open-minded and curious about the world around them. I hope that they think of more than just themselves. I hope they are adventurous. I hope they learn to see from multiple perspectives. I hope they surround themselves with people and places and experiences that they love.
So here is the drill, now that this thing has trapped me. Like a chain letter. Oh yeah, the deal: if you comment, I will ask you questions, and then you will have to do this. Consider yourself warned.
1. Who is your favorite professor/teacher? Why?
I was going to say Charles Timm-Ballard, hands down, but then I thought of Mare Blocker and Mat Kelly, so maybe I will talk a little bit about everyone.
Charles is amazing. I had only spoken to him once before this year, but then I had thesis and senior sem with him in the fall and have thesis and ceramics with him now, so I have come to understand what Ian was always talking about back when Charles was his core prof. Charles is BRILLIANT and funny in the strangest ways. Like he is never trying to be funny, but it just happens all the time. And when he IS trying to be funny, it is always the sort of joke that you realize won't be funny until five years from now when you are sitting somewhere and happen to think of it and suddenly get the punchline. Charles asks very thoughtful questions that, though not always helpful in the way you thought you needed, certainly get you thinking. Mostly, he is the extraordinarily understanding and patient and helpful. He once sent me an email that made me cry because it was just so nice.
I have never actually taken a class from Mare, but I am sort of her de facto student because I am the senior printmaking major and she is the printmaking professor, so she shows me things and we laugh together. Mare is wonderfully quirky and tells great stories and knows clever ways to do every single thing.
Mat Kelly is no longer at Whitman, but is one of the reasons I came here. I visited his intro art class as a prospie, and after he got the class going on their project, he came and sat down with me and talked to me for half an hour about what I was looking for in a college and what kind of art I liked to do and so on. He is very patient and an extraordinary listener, and was one of the best TEACHers I have ever had in his quiet, helpful way.
2. What is the first thing you will put on the wall at the next place you live?
Hmmm. Next place I live being wherever I live this summer, which is very undetermined... Probably my pace flag from Italy. Pace meaning peace. Right now it is hanging over my bed, because Steve was really excited about it when we were moving my stuff into my new room at the end of last semester, and asked me if we could hang it there. So it was the first thing up. I imagine that things will go similarly this summer when we move wherever we move.
3. Where is your favorite place to eat in Walla Walla? In Fort Collins? In Seattle?
Walla Walla: Probably Bangkok 103, the little Thai place in College Place. Or maybe Sweet Basil Pizzeria. Or maybe brunch at Clarette's. I like food.
Fort Collins: Young's. Big City Burrito. The Rio (ok, that's just a favorite place to drink). La Luz. Mount Fuji. The Egg and I. Macaroni Grill.
Seattle: No clue, I never eat there. I'll tell you Orcas Island instead.
Orcas Island: The Kitchen. The Homegrown. The place that used to be the A-1 Diner (but only for breakfast). The thai restaurant in the basement of the grange that is only open a few days a week. Rose's. Also, the thai restaurant in Anacortes, which is not on Orcas but is certainly on the way there. Danny and I always used to eat there on the way off the ferry.
4. When did you decide to be an art major?
I decided when I was in Italy at art school. I had been toying with the idea for a few weeks, but I think I really decided one night laying in bed when I envisioned a series of prints based on all of the houses I ever lived in, and realized that if I was an art major it could be a thesis and I could make those prints instead of regurgitating art history info in oral examinations. And so I switched, and am now making the prints.
5. How do you hope any future children of yours will grow up/turn out?
I hope that they will be smart and self-confident and not limited by the expectations of others. I hope they grow up believing in themselves and their own potential. I hope they are independent, but willing to let others in and truly care for them. I hope that they learn from their mistakes rather than regretting them. I hope that they are generous and open-minded and curious about the world around them. I hope that they think of more than just themselves. I hope they are adventurous. I hope they learn to see from multiple perspectives. I hope they surround themselves with people and places and experiences that they love.