The Near-Sighted Monkey
REMINDER: Applications to be in Lynda Barry’s writing and picture-making class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are due on Monday, November 14, 2011.
CLICK HERE to apply
APPLICATION QUESTIONS:
What classes did you take during Fall Semester of 2011?  Why?
What classes will you be taking during Spring Semester 2012?  Why?
What’s your area of study?
What were three of your favorite books as a kid?
What were three of your favorite movies as a kid?
What were some of your favorite toys before the age of 10?   Why?
Was there a toy you hated?  Why?
What was one of your favorite pastimes before the age of 10?
Who was your favorite teacher in elementary school?  Why?
Who was your least favorite teacher in elementary school?  Why?
What is your favorite kind of monster?
What is your least favorite kind of monster?
What scared you when you were little?
What’s something you made by hand when you were little that made you happy?
What’s something you made by hand when you were little that frustrated you?
If you’ve given up on drawing can you remember when this happened and why it happened?
If you haven’t given up on drawing, what made you keep doing it?
How do you feel about writing by hand?
When you write by hand do you print or write in cursive?
What’s your favorite kind of pen?

REMINDER: Applications to be in Lynda Barry’s writing and picture-making class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are due on Monday, November 14, 2011.

CLICK HERE to apply

APPLICATION QUESTIONS:

What classes did you take during Fall Semester of 2011?  Why?

What classes will you be taking during Spring Semester 2012?  Why?

What’s your area of study?

What were three of your favorite books as a kid?

What were three of your favorite movies as a kid?

What were some of your favorite toys before the age of 10?   Why?

Was there a toy you hated?  Why?

What was one of your favorite pastimes before the age of 10?

Who was your favorite teacher in elementary school?  Why?

Who was your least favorite teacher in elementary school?  Why?

What is your favorite kind of monster?

What is your least favorite kind of monster?

What scared you when you were little?

What’s something you made by hand when you were little that made you happy?

What’s something you made by hand when you were little that frustrated you?

If you’ve given up on drawing can you remember when this happened and why it happened?

If you haven’t given up on drawing, what made you keep doing it?

How do you feel about writing by hand?

When you write by hand do you print or write in cursive?

What’s your favorite kind of pen?