Free Willy's Transendence

Thanks for comments.
I'm still really interested in everything I listed, especailly nutrition(Ayurvedic would be incredible to study) and community health and mythology and stars and stories of monsters and tibetan religious dieties and the third eye and .....

So- you get it.


I'm starting a Tibetan story that has been translated into English in order to write the grant proposal. The story is called "___ (left it in my other backpack)___" .
Currently, I'm thinking about- narrative, Tibetan rhetoric in fiction or "aesthetics" according to Aristotle, Idea of Love/Portrayal of love... or whatever i come out with.

I'm going to draft the grant this weekend, i'll post a draft up- maybe roughly or final. I gotta make:


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BRAINSTORM (....ouch... ouch!.... what the hail?)

These are ideas. I have no idea what I will study, and I plan on entering the field with ideas. These are premortal ideas.
I will (probably) go to Dharamsala, India to conduct a field study. I am currently an undergraduate and open major. I plan to claim English (focusing on rhetoric) as a major, and minor in nutrition- but the truth is that i'm interested in everything. But, I want to apply for a grant by the end of this month, so I'm narrowing.

Some possible projects that tickle my inner dork-

• Nutrition's effect on creating a community and validating Tibetan culture in exile
• How the idea of love is portrayed in Tibetan love stories (compared to western literature)
• The Tibetan narrative compared to western narrative
• The Tibetian Epic?
• Tibetan rhetoric in Tibetan folk song- organic rhetorical devices and how they differ from western rhetoric
• Tibetan Ethics- practiced and observed
• Rhetoric in Tibetan Buddhist teachings
• Hang out in a convent and see what happens
• Tibetan folklore/mythology/astrology
• Nutrition and Sustainability- practices of the community in McLeod Ganj
  

And- inner dork is not a bad thing. In fact, I tap into it frequently. Its almost a zen.
The inner dork loves to wear snowboarding goggles when she rides her bike to school. The rain is just an excuse.

The ORCA grant is due by the end of october- I need to write a two page proposal and select a professor/mentor to work with through my entire project. I have talked to my rhetoric prof, my british literature prof, and my lit theory and critisim prof about possibly being a mentor and they all have the time. I will select one of these projects to write the orca grant about, and write up a proposal for the professor I choose to work with.
I'm thinking i'll go with my literary theory prof- i like her a lot, she is a midevilist, she can speak old english, she knows a lot of stuff about things and crap, AND if i do choose narritive/literature to study, theory and critical acceptance of language is rhetorical. :)

what do you think of the possible project ideas? suggestions? insights?

India

or bust. or utah's mountains and rivers and valleys. or idaho's wilderness. or freshwater caves. or morroco and spain. or everywhere and anywhere.