Author Archives: V.Andrews

Reviewing Self

Posted on May 19, 2015 by V.Andrews

While perusing the available MALS classes that fit into my strange work schedule, for the spring semester. I was lucky enough to see this introductory course and instantly found the topic area intriguing. I have found that the readings and … Continue reading →

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Fiery breath of Harry

Posted on April 27, 2015 by V.Andrews

Harry’s teenage obsession with Shelley s Frankenstein was played out in her Art…giant Venus, the warm dolls and Anton especially. During their last falling out she actually utters ” I created a monster” I think Harry was initially relating to Dr..Frankenstein … Continue reading →

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Discussion Questions April, 21

Posted on April 17, 2015 by V.Andrews

The readings and pod casts for this week all speak to a variety of methods of defining, understanding, and treating severe mental illness. Mostly mental illnesses whose chief symptoms are auditory hallucinations. This spans from the deeply neurological discussion of … Continue reading →

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Prompt #3

Posted on March 23, 2015 by V.Andrews

I think Yael and I have  a similar aesthetic  and interest in the impact of naming on the self.

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Prompt#2

Posted on March 23, 2015 by V.Andrews

Through my project I hope to understand how the self is framed by identity/ or labeling. In short how people suffering from physical and mental illness react to having a name for their ailments. Does it help or hinder their … Continue reading →

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Prompt#1

Posted on March 23, 2015 by V.Andrews

A. Find an idea or claim that Lieberman can only make in response to a source. Describe how he uses the source, using Mark Gaipa’s categories. This is my attempt at parsing out the strategies used by Lieberman Gaipa_ Lieberman … Continue reading →

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Lieberman…ehhh

Posted on March 23, 2015 by V.Andrews

Lieberman I really had a tough time getting into this text.  There were bits that felt so scattered o me and in the chapter conclusions I didn’t see where he pulled his theory together.  In general I understand that there … Continue reading →

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25 Things

Posted on March 17, 2015 by V.Andrews

I was born at4:30 am, July 9th I love driving on the Northern State Parkway much more than the LIE I had a Narc car. I love bacon and my Mom’s pork chops, yet I always wanted a mini pot … Continue reading →

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You are here where the silky mist hides the deserter

Posted on March 2, 2015 by V.Andrews

Ian Hacking’s “Mad Travelers”, served to be the skeleton Maud Casey hung her novel on.  I read Casey’s first and now I wonder if I should have read the Hacking chapters first. Casey moved about the minds of her characters … Continue reading →

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“My Stroke of Insight”- Jill Bolte Taylor

Posted on February 15, 2015 by V.Andrews

We never discussed the TED lecture by Jill Bolte Taylor so here are some of my thoughts. I was at first wowed by the description of her stroke. But after Reading  DeMasio and Hustvedt I wonder if Taylor’s autobiographical self  … Continue reading →

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