Thursday, November 14, 2013

Blank Sheet

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Keep It Clean

“So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets having marred it.” 

 —Harold Acton (1904-1994), British scholar and author, Memoirs of an Aesthete, 1948









• Editorial Comment: A not uncommon sentiment when grading student work.




PeezPix by Ted Pease 

Hydrangea






Original PeezPix archival prints, matted at sizes from 5x7" to 16x20" or larger, available for sale. ted.pease@gmail.com 

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Ted Pease, Professor of Interesting Stuff, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, and Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. ted.pease@gmail.com.
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