As with J.R. Carpenter’s responses to our questions in early October, I am bowled over by the Donna Leishman’s fulsome generous responses to the lines of questioning worked up by the students last Friday. Check back tomorrow for the English 214 students’ closing thoughts on “Deviant” and our guest blogger pilot programme. For now, Donna’s [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Deviant’
14 November 2008
Ruminating on “Deviant: The Possession of Christian Shaw”
On this autumn morning in Vancouver, the sky is stripped of colour. The only brightness in this landscape is synthetic and man-made. Surrounded by dull greys and greens, it is not almost not jarring to enter into the muted world of Donna Leishman’s “Deviant: The Possession of Christian Shaw”. We click, and begin exploring. But [...]
13 November 2008
Deviant: The Possession of Christian Shaw / Under the Skin
By Donna Leishman
Firstly, thank you Aurelea for the invite to submit a post!
I find the process of fielding questions especially interesting and productive, it almost always allows me to realise and reflect in new ways on my artworks. So I will await with keenness the students insights and questions.
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Some background: I came to the field [...]
