Revisiting some old notes from a presentation on signs, symbols, semiotics I gave in grad school. I don't know if I even had the definition of semiotics correct! But I was as enraptured then as I am now with the idea of making meaning. Frequently I play a mental game with myself: I try to… Continue reading Signs and Symbols
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8 years of working/notworking
So I really took a nosedive when I finished grad school. I was researching, working on papers, etc. - loving all of that. But I was broke. I sweated out the rent each month. Student loan repayments damn near killed me. I had always lived on a shoestring, but suddenly my world was sharply, painfully… Continue reading 8 years of working/notworking