As I was trying to think of a good way to begin my farewell post (which I started over a week ago), I realized — just about everything makes me think of materialities in some way or another. Just lately in … Continue reading
I absolutely love sending and receiving mixed CDs — so I used this ‘signment as an excuse to compile a materialities/mail-related mix to send to you via this blog. Link to mix (it wouldn’t embed for some reason): http://grooveshark.com/playlist/Materialities+Mix/96473783 Rather, I … Continue reading
A final project I embarked upon last semester titled “Spectacles of the Studious Dead: A Gestural Abecedary” continues to haunt me. In letter V of my alphabetical arrangement of postmortem imagery, I delved into “Visuality” via close readings of Stan … Continue reading
Hi all, I made a Twitter bot! Old Timey Doctor is dispensing health tips @HistoricalWebMD generated by influences ranging from Vesalius to the Victorians, and before and beyond! I used the instructions linked in the syllabus, and am still ironing out the … Continue reading
A) 2006 – 2011 The summer of 2006 was the first best summer of my life. It marked the first time I was ever allowed to write in a book. I was, in fact, encouraged to write in books — the near … Continue reading
Speaking of writers using materials in compelling ways, it just occurred to me that the Shelley Jackson currently making headlines (“Story in the Snow“) for her gorgeous snow project short story is the same woman responsible for the skin project! I remember yearning … Continue reading
Geology has been on my mind, so I doodled a font inspired by my favorite high-fissility sedimentary rock, shale. It’s rough and cracked (like most rocks!) but attempts to be smooth and layered (like shale, specifically?), yet is ready to … Continue reading
What value can be derived from a ripped-up wrapper of an individually packaged tea bag? As with David Levy’s document in “Meditation on a Receipt,” packaging — the small wrapper, especially — is “abundant and ordinary,” and (from what I understand about … Continue reading
My original plan was to construct an encaustic collage commenting on wax tablets, ear candling, beeswax, etc. As I began to to prepare my wax-and-damar medium, I realized my canvases had gone missing — I had no solid surface. As … Continue reading
Definition 1a of the Oxford English Dictionary holds “Precious” as something “Of great moral, spiritual, or other non-material value; beloved, held in high esteem.” The emphasis on non-material is obviously my own, though my personal choice of precious surface reflects … Continue reading