Natalie Shapero's "Hard Child"
Response essay critiquing Shapero's use of poetic elements
"No more than two lines to a stanza, the poem seems to float off the page. Even the title runs directly into the start of the poem. Lonely, suspended words appear in this poem, like 'seabound', 'uncoupling', and 'astronaut'."
Kelsey Halliday Johnson's "Making/Breaking the Binary"
Response essay analyzing symbols of feminism
"The bedroom is a sensitive space, which again plays into the classic depiction of a reserved female. However, alongside all of these classic and unique interpretations of femininity is countless images of outer space."
Ancient Funerary Mask
Art historical analysis and explanation of ancient object
"Pharaohs in particular, but this does apply to other depictions of people, are stylized with impassivity and an eternal gaze. Egyptian art typically illustrates people in three-quarters views, flattening bodies with heads turned to the side and bodies frontal (called a composite view)."
Twyla Tharp's "The Creative Habit"
Response to two books about living an artistic life
"They succeed, however, by finding ways to cope with these fears, through risking embarrassment, unoriginality, and muteness."
