Monsoon Diary
“I was delighted to be back at Mount Holyoke. My family, too, after their initial anxiety about America, had adjusted to my being there, fortified by my letters about how happy I was. I took painting courses, art history, and printmaking. I argued with DeLonga about art and aesthetics, something that he encouraged. I made dozens of sculptures and assembled a portfolio of slides that got me into Memphis State University’s graduate art program. When New Englanders arched their eyebrows and asked w...hy on earth I was moving to Memphis, I said, “Because they are giving me the most money.”
I knew that I would miss Mount Holyoke, and especially DeLonga. His teaching methods were decidedly unorthodox, but he made an artist out of me. Not a great artist and perhaps not even a good one, but one who believed fervently in art and its creation. By the time I left Mount Holyoke, I thought of myself as an artist, hung out exclusively with painters and sculptors, and considered everything else boring and plebeian.MoreLess
I knew that I would miss Mount Holyoke, and especially DeLonga. His teaching methods were decidedly unorthodox, but he made an artist out of me. Not a great artist and perhaps not even a good one, but one who believed fervently in art and its creation. By the time I left Mount Holyoke, I thought of myself as an artist, hung out exclusively with painters and sculptors, and considered everything else boring and plebeian.MoreLess
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