Purple-blue hair. Awesome. Professor Rountree strolled in, a couple of minutes late because of the rain and parking, but it was a confident stroll.
She has a European accent and hinted at a small country of origin…I’ll guess Luxembourg.
I’m back in class after taking the summer semester off, but only my second semester of class after decades away from the classroom. I’m an old guy in a class surrounded by “kids” the same ages as my own. Awkward. Fortunately this is a 200-level class, different from my introductory 100-level research and writing class but still very young. I easily have 25 years on everyone but the purple-haired Professor Roundtree. I’m uncomfortable.
She refers to someone named “Santiago” who I later assume is a legendary figure here at UT, an artist who is also a programmer…or a programmer who is also an artist. Regardless, I will have to meet him, because I consider myself in a similar regard…an IT/computer guy who is also an artist.
I took this course mainly to learn the history of art & technology, but I’m also expecting to learn more about composition and creativity. I’ll apply that different perspective to future web sites.
Prof. Roundtree also took firm control, chastising cell phone use and encouraging writing/doodling note-taking….NO digital note-taking. That’s a bummer but I can deal with it. She also stressed attendance. Confident and firm. Creativity with structure…looking forward to this one.