My goal for next year is to find an advisor. I really need some guidance here. We just received the list of art history grad seminars for next year and they look fantastic! Awesome courses are offered, taught by fabulous professors. I am completely overjoyed with the offerings -- no doubt about it. The one thing that is missing right now is someone to help me navigate through the options and pick (literally), the right course of action.
I have a few people in mind who I would like to be my advisor. However, one of these profs has WAY too many advisees. The other professor is more a specialist in modern rather than contemporary art. Both of these things are problems. Amplified by the fact that USC still hasn't confirmed its two new hires. Oy!
On the bright side, I have realized that academia is controlled by chaos. You can never predict who will like you or believe in your work. You never know who you're going to piss off or fall in love with. The hiring process is a mystery and heavily influenced by powers beyond your controls (politics, pulling special favors, etc). If my whole life is going to be revolving around this chaotic mess, I have to be ok (see previous post) with uncertainty and favoritism. I have to just believe that everything will work out. I have to put things in perspective and hold on to what I believe in. Be open to transformative experiences, as one Whitney education dept. member advised. See...I'm always looking for advice anywhere I can get it.
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