I Like This: The Value of Sharing

In case you haven't figured it out, I am beginning to feel the pains of no longer being officially affiliated with an academic institution -- and with it, the stimulating people who make it so worthwhile. When I found things that interested me at school, there was always someone to immediately tell these things to over dinner or in the hallway while wrapped in my infamous red towel. The type of people who will consider any and all intellectual bon-bons.

While I am constantly finding such things to share, I don't want Mark-Making to become fiercely intellectual in an informational sense. That's not why I write it and I presume that's not why you read it, save the occasional art rant. However, given the joy that I derive from sharing things that interest me, I had to do something about it. Yes, in an ideal world, I would start a new blog wholly devoted to thoughtfully considering things the relationship between Richard Serra and pastries and New York Times articles, among other things. Alas, if I were to pursue this new endeavor, I would never do my research on Native American casinos, never find a job, never see the world, and never end up in academia, where I could actually get paid to think and write about these things that I like.

Whew.

Thus, I've added a new feature, "I Like This," located below the Statement of Purpose. As the name suggests, the feature will plug a couple of things that have recently captured my interest -- a website, book, article, film, work of art, etc. I will change it once a week or so, depending on my findings. They will be archived on a blog called I Like This, which I started several months ago for a different reason.

Ah, the joys of reappropriation.