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How to tell a compelling story
“Storytelling is about taking the puzzle pieces of narrative and arranging them so they have meaning.” Janet Burroway, Writing Fiction I had the opportunity to film a super fun how-to video at Concordia University using their new Learning Glass Studio….
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2014 Artist Residency at Elsewhere Museum
I was fortunate enough to have been chosen for a two week artist residency at Elsewhere, a living museum in Greensboro, NC. My friend Andy Sturdevant told me about Elsewhere – three stories of a former thrift store where artists…
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Banned for life
In September 2013, four days after I moved to Minneapolis, I put my name in the hat at The Moth StorySLAM in St. Paul. They pulled nine out of ten names and none of them were mine. Finally, the last…
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Going first at The Moth GrandSLAM
The piece of paper that I pulled out of The Moth bag had a squiggly number 1 and a sad face drawn on it. I suggested to the producers that drawing a smiley face might change people’s minds about going…
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Paper Arts
I always liked drawing but never thought I was any good at it. I think a lot of kids have that moment when they become aware that there are people who are “good” at things and people who are…
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