composition

Those who know me well know that I have two real artistic passions in life. The first one is obvious: writing. The second one is photography. What I've learned is that I can cross-pollinate my interests. I learn a lot about one subject from using the theories and lenses of another (you'll see this, for example, in my post about DJ/producer  David Guetta and academic s). In this case, I can use my knowledge of photography to improve my writing, even if it is only amateur. My first SLR camera-- a Nikon 35mm N65 In this article, " 10 Top Photography Composition Rule s" from PhotographyMad 's website, the (sadly) unnamed author reflects on the common notions of composition that help to create great photographs. The ten are: the rule of thirds balancing elements leading lines symmetry and patterns viewpoint background depth framing cropping experimentation One can take these rules of photographic composition and apply them to writing. The rule of thirds:  In photograph...

I love what I do. I love teaching. I love researching. I love reading student papers. I love tutoring. I love literature. I am an English major-- heart, soul, and brain. There isn't much I wouldn't do to stay in this field forever. This career path has cost me quite a bit though, and on my long commute yesterday, I began to think about just how much I have paid for my profession. Aside from the thousands spent on my education over the past eight years, the costs really add up. People tell you that grad school is expensive and that becoming an academic is no guarantee for success, but I don't think I took a moment to consider what that would really mean when I started out on this journey. I'm sure we all remember this delightful clip: I think it's important that those of us in academic continue to talk about the reality of it. Politicians would have you believe that every college professor in America lives in a mansion and drives a Jaguar as a weekend car while corru...