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Tag: teachers

Art by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson. C 1989
Mommess

On citing self: academic v. experiential knowing

The greatest teachers of all time rarely cite others to enhance their lessons or prove their validity. Their knowledge comes from experience, and mostly inner experience at that.…

July 20, 2024July 20, 2024 · 4 min read

Maya Deren, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Creativity

The Art Garde of Cinema

Marjorie, Maya, Dance and Champions of the Avant Garde: 16mm women filmmakers I respect a hella lot Marjorie Keller (1950–1994) was a filmmaker, author, activist, film scholar, wife,…

March 30, 2024March 30, 2024 · 5 min read

Creativity

Collections of an art dilettante

I had a high school art teacher whom I used to bump into in my 20’s say to me, “I’m so sorry I suggested you go to that…

March 26, 2024July 13, 2025 · 3 min read

Mommess

Thank-yous Overdue

Dear Madeline and Phyllis, I owe each of you a huge thank you. As a woman in business, I realize nearly every day how you both influenced me,…

July 31, 2017June 1, 2023 · 4 min read

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