I had my big show a year ago this week Laura!

[Guest guest]

Hi Laura,

 

If you're an art student, I guess I'll introduce myself too. I just

graduated (last June) form UCSB's (don't laugh) art studio honors program.

I grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere, and so Santa Barbara was about

all I was prepaired for when I finally left (I had a highschool graduating

class of 50, and half of my class was still learning english - so I didn't

have a very good grasp on the world at the time). Luckily, I had some

really great teachers in Santa Barbara- one from the Chicago arts institute

(hooray!) and one from the glory days of Cal Arts. I was working almost

exclusivley with video projection and digital audio when I left, but now I

really only work with digital audio, since my job has me working on $200,000

avid editing systems and being thoroughly fed up with video. We should keep

in touch, I live in LA right now, but I want to move somewhere else if I

decide to go to graduate school.

 

I've only been struggling with a cruelty free diet for like 3 months, my Dad

and grandpa are farmers who also raise cattle, so you can imagine some of

the ideologies I must have lived under for the first 18 years of my life

(I'm 22 now - 23 next month). My parents would call a shrink if they found

out I was attempting to be " one o' them vegans " .

 

take care 'yall,

 

patrick k.

 

 

 

>laura <saffron

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>Re: all about me

>Wed, 5 Apr 2000 15:50:22 -0700

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>i guess i should introduce myself as well...

>i grew up in dc but have also lived in massachusetts and ohio, and now,

>illinois... i've been living in chicago for almost 3 years. i'm 23 and i'm

>graduating this may from the art institute of chicago, and i just finished

>work on my thesis show, which opened on the first. I'm a photography

>major, but i also do work in experimental sound and music. i'm also very

>interested in science, especially ecology and physics, and was also

>majoring in environmental studies before i got to art school. i've been

>vegetarian since i was about 7 and went vegan five years ago... i was

>headed towards veganism for a long time, and it took me a few years to

>actually fully embrace the title. I used to have lots of other vegan

>friends, but they've been few and far between since i've been in chicago.

>veganism is something i'm hugely committed to for so many reasons; i joined

>this list because i enjoy having contact/conversation with others who share

>and respect that commitment. i often find that many peoply immediately

>antagonize me upon discovering that i am vegan. do any of you experience

>this? i always try to respect the choices of others, even though i often

>disagree with them. i'm looking forward to getting to know you, too!

>

>have a great day

>laura

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>eat television for dinner

>you said backwards is we

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