SESAH 2011 proposal riddle

I was hoping to be slightly more dedicated this week to the blog, but it didn’t seem to happen. My thesis is on its third draft, and still seems to be a work in progress. I’m at the point where I feel as if I am swimming in an ocean, and not exactly sure which direction I’m swimming anymore—in circles perhaps.

Midterm week went well for me.

I was inspired a great deal by my trip to New Orleans, and am hoping to write on common Creole house forms for my Vernacular term paper. I have been highly inspired by the writings of John Vlach and his investigation of the origins of the shotgun house form. It fe

els like real architectural research. I felt as if I was sinking my teeth into something and after reading it I felt as if the researcher had made a true Indiana Jones type discovery. Okay perhaps that description is a bit on the far side…

I hope everyone had a great holiday.My Easter was peaceful and allowed me to have some much needed reflection time.

I will be posting my abstract and some previews of work I’ve done for my proposal for the South Eastern Society of Architectural Historians Conference in 2011. More details to come in the next few days but I’ll give you a few hints on my topic below:

"There's a hero in the story-a man who makes Neo-Gothic Skyscrapers.

He's well "worth the wool."

It jumps around and can even jump mountains.

It had a bit of an identity crisis.

Bring your night robe to match Lincoln."