Sunday, March 3, 2013

Outer Regions: A Quick Review

I had the lucky enough chance to be able to sit in on the first round of panel discussions of the panel event held at East Tennessee State University called Outer Regions. Although I had a a few extremely minor tasks of taking photos and recording the talks, I ultimately got to sit on the outskirts and listen to the invited artists and some professors and a few graduate students partake in discussions of the art world & the world of working as a creative being.

Ultimately, between going to the first panel discussions and then attending the public panel discussion last night on campus, I found myself inspired. I hope if anything, thats what everyone else got out of it.

The discussion of being in an "outer region" became less about the woes and hows to get out of here but rather, I found the all the members of the panel wanting to push us (students, the community, the professors, etc) to be content where we are, to take advantage of where we are, to MAKE something of where we are. If we don't have the resources of a "big city" to make those resources. 

If I can sum up my experience of being a part of this event: I am more inspired then I have been living in J.C. for the past 4 years.

-A. Enloe

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