Kat Powers: Archive

May 26th

May 10th

May 4th

Global Triathalon →

Finding this man’s upcoming endeavor extremely interesting and incredibly terrifying. Go Dan! Thanks, Ben and Kate.

May 2nd

Apr 26th

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Mar 9th

Watch

Nice work by Sophie Gateau: Wintertime’s Doll, by Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands.

Mar 3rd

"Prioritization" →

I attended Columbia College Chicago’s Fiction Department from 2001-2003. It was impossible not to become completely and heartily immersed in the unique methodology of writing taught here: image-driven, oral storytelling-based scene development, complete with word relays, scene recall, lucid dreaming.. all made possible by truly innovative and inspired faculty members. As an undergrad, I...

Mar 2nd

Mar 1st

Ode to Elmer

Young Elmer’s tear ducts produced an excess of saline so that his eyes wept soggy drips of a milky, coagulated substance. His face was continually sticky due to this, and the fact that his lollipops always missed his mouth upon entry. His glimmering pale, pasty skin, caught in certain lights, became a rainbow montage of blues, browns, reds, and yellows. His horsey laugh, his beaver teeth,...

Mar 1st

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Jan 23rd

Lovin' Chicago →

My friend Gina Diponio is editing these blog entries (all 175 of them!) on Chicago’s Department of Tourism website, and is making our city really shine. Interesting profiles, as well. Go Gina!

Jan 19th

Jan 18th

Jan 13th

Statement of Porpoise

I’ve been applying to graduate schools over the past few weeks, and just rediscovered my first attempt writing a statement of purpose from earlier last year, and thought I’d share. Dolphins are one of nature’s miracles. Wise, serene and adventurous, we can learn from their playful ways. Survival, although important and among their main motives, is surpassed by whimsy as their primary...

Jan 2nd

Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison

I’ve often wondered who the artists were behind this fascinating body of work. Luckily, I stumbled across this enlightening video of the two artists describe their work in detail for a show at the Catherine Edelman gallery. Watch it here: http://www.edelmangallery.com/Artist_Talk/parkeharrisonshow2010/Parke_Harrison_all.htm

Dec 27th

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Nov 26th

A+ Bee Story →

I would highly recommend many of the Pecha Kucha lectures, but this is particularly fascinating to me, as I’ve been interested in the ins and outs of beekeeping for a long time. I would like to try keeping bees in the city, though if I were a bee I might be happier in Brighton.

Nov 19th

Plush Biochemies! →

One of my favorite new ideas, found on Kickstarter. If more kids played with magnetic molecules, I have no doubt we’d have more brilliant chemists growing up right now. More here: http://biochemies.com/dna/

Nov 19th