Home-Made BA: Combined Honours (The Liberal Arts + The Creative Arts)

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The course is formulated. The. book list is created. The timetable is constructed. The first film is viewed. The first essay is written. The first week, of a six year process, is begun. Will I run out of steam. Can I encourage you to join me on the journey.



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I found the film Synecdoche, New York on Amazon. Motivated by the fact I was going to write an essay about it I watched it in a different light than I would for entertainment. My essay is a bit academic and dry but The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw in his May 2009 review brings a true journalists art to the writing process.


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