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Tag: MFA

  • TIFF

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    TIFF

    The last week has been consumed by TIFF. I got an Industry & Press Conference Pass that grants access to a series of presentations, seminars, panel discussions and films.  In addition to the public film showings, there are some scheduled only for those holding industry / press passes.  For public films I am able to…

  • Selecting Storylines

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    The storylines are the foundational components of the overall narrative; the book’s chapters; the patches in the tapestry that covers the quilt.  My intent is to start without specifically constraining the narrative and only after the stronger themes emerge will I then narrow and focus it.   I need to select therefore a suite of storylines…

  • Back to School

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    School starts September 5th, tomorrow.  This is the term where I will start to develop my major project; my thesis.  My original plan had been to document my father’s move from Calgary to Toronto, however, with his death, I’ve decided to take another path.   My interests lie in the area of Identity and specifically…

  • Home Coming

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    When I first picked up the book, Denk Ich an Sonneberg, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Referencing the war in the subtitle, “Experiences and Thoughts, Sonneberg until the end of the Second World War,” suggested content might dwell on that event.  However, it did not; the war was more of a backdrop to the…

  • Translation, completed

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    I finished the translation.  It was a long process, but an interesting one. My approach was to translate one paragraph at a time.  This offered immediate gratification, compensating the effort of the work.  It also got me engaged in the evolving story.   The first step in the translation was to clean up the character…