Ideas...
Thinking of writing something about Bridal Veil Living Classroom. perhaps starting with an image of a classical, antique pool table in this crazy house all covered with flower specimens, then moving on to talk about human's connection and understanding of nature.
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Trying to articulate some experience on Tomten Farm, perhaps being awoken at disgusting hours of the morning by goats being milked and greens being washed; connecting this with the neccesity of self-sufficient lifestyles, and exploring the crises we face as the "next generation"
perhaps...
Placing myself in a beautiful house near Hotchkiss I toured with the Permaculture Class I took this summer, musing about human's seperation from other species and the earth, but our stunning ability to use our own intelligence, and nature's blessings to live in such abundance, relating this to the notion Paul Stamets voiced, of the kingdom of fungi being the enabler for life on the planet, how humans have limited themselves into the animal and plant, but mostly animal kingdom and how that could be destroying us. How human's are preoccupied with trivial things, human's are studying irrelevant subjects, and how much more we could know if we chose to look in the right places.
NOT TOO SURE obviously which of these I should expand, or all of them. But please help! Also if you all can think of anything worthy to be written that you've seen me do, those ideas would be much appreciated.
Kelsey,
ReplyDeleteYou seem to have a better idea of what you want to write than most. I'd start with Tomten. I know that it may strike you as, literally, too close to home, but it's a terrific topic that, if you do it right (as I'm sure you will) could really slow down admissions counselors and have them reading with interest rather than just to get through another essay (plus, there is ample opportunity for a lot of the ideas you note to arise naturally from your description of the farm and its function (but leave out the shroom talk). BVLC is alos a great topic--but maybe as a short answer for now (or a supplement that asks you about a particular academic experience). Then again, you don't want all your writing to be too tilted toward environmental & sustainability issues 9we want to get a well-rounded portrait of you going. Again, think of an incident at Tomten, and make that your 'front story'. You won't know how good any of these ideas are until you actually write your way through at least one draft. I look forward to reading them!