2017
Master's in Fine Art
Coffee post. One of the inspirations or themes running along my thesis is having it as a way to express lessons or experiences I've had. We are not that unique, although our experiences are personal to us. The thesis is called, "The Door is Open", which is symbolic. When I chose it, it was unique to me. Of course, once I chose it, I saw the quote everywhere as things always seem to happen that way! That's good. I wanted to represent a time period when it felt like I did not know what I wanted to do with my life and did not fully understand the gifts I'd been given. I read the poem by Rumi, was translated to be called, "The Door is Round and Open". It talks about a doorway at dawn that people go back and forth through. To ask for what you really want, and not go back to sleep. There was also a breeze at dawn, which I felt was very symbolic. When I was writing about milestones that lead me to enroll in my MFA and I remembered that poem in...
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