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some welcome revelations Early this afternoon I had one of the most rewarding conversations that I have had in a long time. Quite simply I learned what I had done wrong when I submitted my application to graduate school. In my usual headstrong appraoch, I did everything on my own and gave them something that was not at all what they wanted to see. If anything I might have embarrassesd myself. What I should have done is more research before I acted. Somehow I let myself operate on pure emotion. So much has changed in the academic world since I walked away from it eight years ago. Literary criticism is key and that is something that I am lacking. Some of the terms that were presented to me were slightly familiar, but others were completely new. Art criticism is another story. I can ramble on at length about various movements and schools of thought in art. That was something that I dabbled in years ago. It was also something that frustrated me. Now I have some answers and I think that for the moment that is enough. I'll continue to read, but I think that another attempt at graduate school might be a year off for me. I need to build a more convincing letter of intent and that honestly will take time.
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