Dear John Mark,
Somewhere approaching six years ago, I had my first interaction with you. It was a terrifying moment in my life. I didn’t have a clue who you were, except that you were interviewing me for admittance into the Torrey Honors Institute. You introduced yourself, but I was not aware of your position in the program. I won’t go into the details of the conversation, but I do remember backing myself into a corner, saying what I realize now were naive things, and you let me into the program, for some reason or another. Read more…
As I geared up for what was looking to be a moderately busy week before finals, I was preparing myself for a long week of reading and memorizing complicated answers to a final that had me quite worried. There was only class I was concerned about, and this test was going to make or break my semester. And then, my professor cancelled the final. Read more…
A friend of mine recently approached me seeking some advice. She is involved in film, and was working on a script of her own. Without any context provided, as is fairly usual for the sorts of conversations we end up having, she simply asked “How do you feel about the inclusion of the reciting of spells in a film?” Read more…
It should be clear by this point that I think Matt Anderson’s recent book, Earthen Vessels, is worth reading and discussing. This week, I want to look at the topic of tattoos, which Matt covers in one of his chapters. Read more…
The title up there may have tipped you off, but I do intend on writing a series of posts about Earthen Vessels, Matthew Lee Anderson’s recent book. My official review can be found here, but rather than diving in (I want to let that marinate a bit), I’ll speak here on what the book purports to do: start a conversation. Read more…
