Deletions

I decided to remove the essay from my thesis. Conceptually, it was fine, and to a degree, representative of my grad school career--but ultimately, not something I was willing to give the attention it needed. Sarah's counsel was clarifying. She expressed her opinion that the thesis should be what I've worked on. The product. The essay was something I turned in during the course of a class I took, but it's more of a comment on the work. I think the thesis will be cleaner, streamlined without this clunky thing and the end.

Initially, I hesitated because I wondered if I didn't want to cut it out of laziness or cowardice. But I'm sick of my own overly confessional bent in writing. That essay just gives away the milk and the cookies.