Lately, I’ve been preoccupied with finding petroglyphs. They are all around, once you start searching for them. The sites I’ve gone to are surrounded by metro Tucson, and yet most people don’t even know they’re there. I wouldn’t have known it either, had not I started searching in multiple libraries, through guidebooks and maps, on [...]
Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
December 28, 2011
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Significant points of 2011
By Alisa Wilhelm in Life, ListsJordan and Dubai East Asia New roommates, twice Growing as a leader Developing and maturing with my intuition, as an individual, and in discerning a situation New job that I love at Girl Scouts Lots of new friends Taking a major paycut to work with Americorps, and figuring all that out Cutting gluten out of [...]
May 20, 2011
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Dog days
By Alisa Wilhelm in Life, PhotographyWhile the dog days of summer are a little slow in coming to Tucson this year, I’m busy preparing to spend two months doing non-profit work in East Asia. What have my days looked like recently? Today I made breakfast, helped do some yardwork for my friends, went to work, exercised, had good conversation, and [...]
January 30, 2011
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Green Thumb
By Alisa Wilhelm in Food, LifeRemember when I wanted to grow herbs? Well, I’ve started. Oregano, rosemary, and alfalfa sprouts. I am in need of basil and dill, but that will come.
December 5, 2010
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Nearing the end of undergrad life, forever
By Alisa Wilhelm in Life, PhotographyToday I found a peaceful place and an owl treasure trove. I wish I had made all projects this enjoyable. Art school (or whatever) has always been a struggle between what I want to do and what I must do. Even in assignments where I am told that I can do whatever I want, it’s [...]
September 18, 2010
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Five Senses Friday
By Alisa Wilhelm in LifeFeeling my body take a beating this week. On Saturday I filled sandbags all morning, Tuesday I did some yoga, Thursday everyone in Tucson got a cold, and Friday my body is tired. Tasting rosemary batard from Trader Joe’s. It’s crusty, vegan, and herby. I ate two. Smelling fall. This week the temperature jumped back [...]
May 26, 2010
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Good people
By Alisa in Life, PhotographyGood people, all. Good food can be found at Bobo’s Restaurant.
April 3, 2010
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Dear Diary
By Alisa in Arizona, Crumbs, Life, Lists, UofA, WorkToday someone broke into my house. Today I collected a burglar’s footprint and will now look at all Nike wearers as though they are burglars. Today I thought it would be fun to be a set photographer for a film. I wonder how that works. Today I ate five cookies, two rice crispy treats, a [...]
February 7, 2010
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FACE Four Seasons Opening at Stone Dragon Gallery
By Alisa in Arizona, Art, Life, Opinions, UofAThis past Friday was the opening of the FACE Four Seasons show. The show is of women artists, and it includes emerging (juried), mid-career (invited), and advanced (jurors) artists. It is pretty open-themed, but the goal of the show is to give a sense of the multi-facets of women’s lives. The show is split between [...]
January 11, 2010
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P.S. I went to Idaho, Colorado and Oklahoma. It was good.
By Alisa in Art, Life, Photography, School, UofA, WorkMy internship with The Caliber Group starts tomorrow. I feel like I don’t know how to do as much as they think I know how to do. I guess we’ll get to know each other. School starts Wednesday. Courses include: Design II, Typography II, Contemporary Drawing, Design History, and Contemporary Art History. Today I spent [...]