I came with the intention of speaking about my experience at RISD and wishing President Somerson a good tenure here, but all I could write on my sketchbook page was “blank page.” I wrote “tabula rasa.” I wrote “a clean slate.” And I wrote those words several times, and I realized as I was writing them that that’s how I arrived at RISD.
The Spawn of Frankenstein: Unintended Consequences
presented by Cara LaPointe, Joey Eschrich, Samuel Arbesman, Susan Tyler Hitchcock
Victor's sin wasn't in being too ambitious, not necessarily in playing God. It was in failing to care for the being he created, failing to take responsibility and to provide the creature what it needed to thrive, to reach its potential, to be a positive development for society instead of a disaster. Read more →