I have been trying to log on my blog for almost 45 minutes. For some reason I have to actually go to the blog first and then log on through the meta…Whatever.
Paros is amazing. I am very lucky to be here and have this experience. I thank my friend Jeanne for introducing me to the Aegean Center for the Fine Arts. So far the student body is pretty amazing–all talented and many much younger than I, but still we are all in the same boat. It is an unconventional type of place with a dynamic teaching philosophy. I am not going to try to describe it, but suffice to say that it would be grand if the whole of academia taught this way and not only this very special school.
I am taking 4 classes–The darkroom class, the digital class and probably the “camera class” as well as classical Greek Literature. People tell me that this is manageable.
Jet lag was pretty bad this time and I am still not over it completely. Maybe it is the weather. The Sirocco has been blowing in from northern Libya and the warm Saharan air is full of smaller-than-talcum powder dust particles like a red fog. It is supposed to end soon, but until then there is a strange surreal quality to the surroundings and people’s attitudes.
More to be revealed…
JDCM
It sounds like an amazing adventure. Enjoy!