“Closing Remarks” features work reflecting on what it means and feels like to graduate in a time of uncertainty and arrested development.
Office Hours
Kimberlee Mix
I am holding office hours for my class, a chance to say good-bye and swap smiles one last time. At the end of the Zoom link sits a virtual space I have curated with everything that fills the screen. My real office door is closed and for these next two hours I will be present.
Things I miss
Megan Malibiran
Now I fell far from worldly things and
appreciate the lifeless wall instead.
Figure it Out
Nick Vidal
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
December
Henny Neustadt
I wish I could accept my own advice. In times of silence all I do is worry, worry, worry, wonder when the next time will come that I can set aside to worry. I should start to put it into my schedule.
I’m Grateful, But I’m Pissed
Dana Gainey
I feel like I was sold to Ursula the sea witch and left for dead. Dramatic, I know. At the same time, I love my new human legs.
Closing Remarks
Hayden Corwin
“I had to tell my mother that graduation wasn’t going to happen. She cried over the phone.”