rhyme on sawada, lee & boehm

So I have already talked extensively (numerous times! sorry dudes) about Tomoko Sawada & Nikki S. Lee. Though I don't think I will continue to follow their work--not Lee's at least, I'm still trying to decide how I feel about Sawada--they were wonderful women to look at for inspiration and connections for my final project. I was surprised how easily it was to relate my (admittedly) self-centered project to other people's work! Instead of boring you further, I'll talk a little about Kristin Boehm since I really found her to be quite interesting and helpful.

I thought Kristin was a great, both as a speaker and as a person to get some post-college perspective from. I thought her lecture was really engaging and interesting, and she connected well with us—it was almost hard to believe that she still doesn’t go to Lawrence. I thought it was especially interesting how she kept stressing that she missed the academic discussion available here, and being able to converse with people on a high level about a variety of topics. It's difficult to remember that the majority of the population outside of the Lawrence bubble isn’t interested in debating the semantics of beauty, or whether postmodernism is applicable to modern artists. Not that I necessarily want to spend my life discussing these things, but when you’re surrounded by academia constantly it’s quite strange (and frightening!) when it disappears. I thought Kristin was encouraging and realistic without being disheartening. For me her talk(s) were especially helpful because I'm looking to go into a similar field of graphic design, and as someone who doesn't have a formal degree in design, it was quite relieving to hear that it is possible to overcome that obstacle!