There is no denying that the thesis writing
process is tough. Now that we are a quarter of the way through the semester, I
feel that while I am on top of the deadlines and making progress writing a
draft, there are still a million other things I need/want to do with this
paper, that I am not sure I will have time for. It was already a struggle to
find a place to start writing for my first draft last week, due to the fact
that I had so many ideas I wanted to incorporate but was not fully sure where
to put them or how to organize them. What I ended up writing was a basic
description of the gallery spaces I will be analyzing in my thesis, just to get
the ball rolling and to give the reader a sense of the space. But as I was
writing, I realized that I still have a decent number of things I need to
research/write about in order to give the reader all the context needed to
understand the gallery spaces and the works on display in them. While my
concern of adding historical context was alleviated with the confirmation from
my first reader and Professor Brown that I should add historical context, I now
come to the question of how much to write. I do not want to go fully art
historical in this paper, and argue the meanings of the symbols of Guernica,
but I do want to give the reader the proper background for this thesis. That is
what I have been working on recently, trying to find this happy medium of
historical context. But I do need to find sources to back up any information I
cite, which is taking up a bit of time, and time is something of a luxury right
now. I am trying my best with what little free time I have to get all this work
done, but at the same time, this is my last semester in college, so I want to
enjoy it.
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