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Today marks 10 years since the universe rode off with Professor Paul Martyka. Much like my 2016 self, I’m still at a loss for words. How could one describe such a complex individual, whose influence has guided the lives and careers of so many creatives?

Losing Martyka in my senior year of undergrad was a profoundly difficult, but formative experience. After he passed, many of us became aware of the metaphysical threads that he’d sewn throughout his life: he connected people to a dedication of craft, he’d connected artists with ideas and inspiration to last lifetimes, and he’d connected many of us with one another. To this day, when I meet someone who knew him, or who endured one his infamously difficult critiques, or who bummed cigarettes off him, I feel closer to him than any other time.

𝘈𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘈𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦

Slide 14 by Julie Farmer
Slide 15 by Diane Schrader

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