Friday, July 13. 2007
Congratulations, Pacific University MFA
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For you, they would have to develop a special emphasis in sarcasm as adjunct to their main program in poetry.
Robert, this is fantastic. What a testament to your good instincts and the grace that got you there.
Hooray for intuition and all that’s behind it. I couldn’t have planned it better in terms of who I’m studying with now.
Sweet…sounds like you made the right choice! Although I don’t like the sound of being put through a "program" — I am envious.
Hey Nick - it’s really a program of my own design, working closely with a poet I respect (a.k.a. "faculty advisor") to choose books, write poems, get feedback from that trusted source - and repeat. The low-res aspect is a huge boon for me - not only because I can continue to support my family - but because I’m a self-paced kinda guy.
Like I said in my post on Rilke, this kind of apprenticeship has been going on for centuries - it just happens to work through university structures now. That’s my take, anyway. Still, there are many other ways to get similar experiences.
I just thought it was kinda cool that what I discovered on intuition and validated through practical experience also got recognized by a so-called external "authority." I guess I have to cop to some part of me still digging the prestige factor, even though ultimately there’s a much bigger game to be played, and in theory who cares what other people think? Bottom line: it was the right choice for me, in ways I couldn’t even have imagined at the outset.
Like I said in my post on Rilke, this kind of apprenticeship has been going on for centuries - it just happens to work through university structures now. That’s my take, anyway. Still, there are many other ways to get similar experiences.
I just thought it was kinda cool that what I discovered on intuition and validated through practical experience also got recognized by a so-called external "authority." I guess I have to cop to some part of me still digging the prestige factor, even though ultimately there’s a much bigger game to be played, and in theory who cares what other people think? Bottom line: it was the right choice for me, in ways I couldn’t even have imagined at the outset.
