Dual major duality of culture Academia and the persistence of the intellectual bully. Banality of subject Disconnected from the dialogue or history Name dropping Everything has to do with the art I’ve already seen

Discipline should come from desire not consequence In an abusive relationship with deadlines

Order of operations: Problems from nothing, wrong answers to problems, the best solution possible for now, a final working compromise Learn to start with a useful mistake and be grateful for the perspective it ultimately provides

Creating a safe emotional safe space in which to draw Suspending judgement and muting the criticism until the end Unicorn: formal and conceptual greatness Who invited the critic and why am I reading this piece anyway? http://www.tumblingsnail.com/leonard-angelo/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/langelo-170412.m4a

What’s it going to take to get you back out there? Disappointed parents Loving what is and leaving what is not

Time traveling without agency Confronting stubborn past selves Reboot the story but keep the characters theme Trying to see the forest through all of these trees Broken rear view mirrors and huge blind spots

In which I complain bitterly about my job again

Pondering the beginning of 2017

December Culling – End of the Line

December Culling – Networking