"There were rarely clouds growing up. Perhaps that’s why many of my writings begin with them."
-I want to Be an Outlaw
"Edging itself into the corpus of tradition, novelty prompts evolution, but not without resistance."
-What Happens from Her(e) to Eternity?
"How does it feel To keep sucking wind? To continually swallow the acid they spit?"
-Bob Dylan Poem Collection

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A blend of creative personal essay regarding my New Mexican upbringing and analysis of the Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje.
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Six Poems inspired by Bob Dylan: his lyrics, Chronicles, and impact on my life.
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Both portrait photography and caricature make claims to truthful portrayals of identity. In this research paper, I compare selections from August Sander’s Citizens of the 20th Century with Nazi political cartoons to draw possible conclusions on the propagandistic pseudo-science of Physiognomy.
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While radioactive materials began as symbols of modernity, over the next 60 years it grew to signify mass destruction while still maintaining a hold over the consumer market.
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A formal and philosophical analysis on the compositional representation of progress in Wim Wender’s Wings of Desire.
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Thoughts on looking and being looked at, Hitchcock films (Rear Window and Vertigo), Sartre, differences between American and German culture, and my “Lookout Points” photo series.
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My senior comps, or bachelor’s thesis on Architectural Lighting Design. This paper explores the cultural specificity of light, shadow and color to come up with a theory for how these qualities can be used in public and private space to subtly maintain and cultivate particular values.