and conceptually:
As you can see, I went for a somewhat nerdy theme with my pumpkin. Initially, it was to be the constellation Andromeda. I imagined what might have been the inspiration for the arrangement of stars and so drew up the princess, chained to the rocks where she was left as a sacrifice to the sea monster, Cetus. It was her mother's fault she was there - she had bragged that Andromeda's beauty eclipsed that of the immortal maidens of the sea, the Nereids, and Poseidon would have none of that. Andromeda, whose name means ruler or guardian over men, was rescued from the cliff by Zeus' son Perseus after he was finished beheading Medusa. He then married her, which probably pleased them both [and her bragging parents, too].
I think next time, a Gorillaz pumpkin might be in order.
And recently... I read patterns in coincidental events while simultaneously reducing deforestation. Amazing!
After returning from the library with armloads or totebag-fulls of books, I keep finding myself opening up books and finding they're published by Island Press. Coincidence? I'm starting to lean toward No. Maybe this is a cosmic nudge to actively seek out their books - the many quite poignant, well-written, relevant, AND contemporary ones they offer.
The ones I've looked into so far are:
- The Guide to Graduate Environmental Programs
- The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers of the 21st Century
- A Safe and Sustainable World: The Promise of Ecological Design
2 comments:
Love the pumpkin- Mike N and I went for more traditional faces on ours. Are you applying for grad school this year or next?
I'm going to send out apps this year, unless I hear from the Peace Corp before december. Any tips on requesting recommendations? I'm having a hard time approaching that.. I can't say any of my CMU teachers knew me that well, but of course there are ways to educate them. I keep toying with the idea of asking Schneider just because he tells everyone to go to grad school - at least he'd be happy about the prospect.
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