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Simon Tarr
April 4, 2018

Hiring for My New Team

Simon Tarr
April 4, 2018

I need your help. We're hiring two brand new full time positions.

Tagged: highered

Simon Tarr
February 20, 2018

Kicking College's Ass: The Book?

Simon Tarr
February 20, 2018

What if I wrote a small book about how to kick ass in college?

Tagged: highered

Simon Tarr
February 8, 2018

Intentions

Simon Tarr
February 8, 2018

I'm pretty sure I couldn't be more fortunate.

Tagged: highered

Simon Tarr
January 14, 2018

Too Big to Fail

Simon Tarr
January 14, 2018

Universities are just too big.

Tagged: highered

Simon Tarr
October 20, 2017

The Truck of Damocles

Simon Tarr
October 20, 2017

Create like you're going to get hit by a truck.

Tagged: highered, art

Simon Tarr
October 10, 2017

My AIM Is True

Simon Tarr
October 10, 2017

Starting in the late 90s, I listed my AIM handle in every syllabus. Until...

Simon Tarr
October 6, 2017

Minding the Gap

Simon Tarr
October 6, 2017
Minding the Gap

I don't know what I'll be doing next. But I know it will come from connecting with people

Tagged: highered

Simon Tarr
July 7, 2017

You're a Gallery Director Now

Simon Tarr
July 7, 2017
You're a Gallery Director Now

A gallery installation for your home.

Simon Tarr
May 26, 2017

BLU RED BLU on Amazon

Simon Tarr
May 26, 2017
BLU RED BLU on Amazon

Something new up on Amazon—BLU RED BLU, a remastered compilation of short films that use red/blue anaglyphic glasses to smush your brain around while you watch. 

Tagged: art

Simon Tarr
May 19, 2017

Islands in the Stream

Simon Tarr
May 19, 2017
Islands in the Stream

In an exciting turn of events, many of my films are now available on Amazon streaming, with more  of my back catalog to come over the next few months!

Tagged: art

Simon Tarr
March 20, 2017

AirPod Fanboy

Simon Tarr
March 20, 2017

Airpods finally arrived.

Tagged: technology

Simon Tarr
March 11, 2017

My Conceit

Simon Tarr
March 11, 2017

I have this conceit that I have to break.

Tagged: highered

Simon Tarr
March 10, 2017

Free Speech Waffle

Simon Tarr
March 10, 2017
Free Speech Waffle

A complied tweetstorm about free speech in academic contexts.

Simon Tarr
March 1, 2017

The Memory of Memory of Memory of Memory

Simon Tarr
March 1, 2017

If we could all just agree that everyone's art is somehow about memory, then perhaps no one would have to declare it in their artist statements anymore?

In the meantime, if you need an artist statement, it's just as well to use this.

Tagged: art

Simon Tarr
February 27, 2017

Your Next Overreach

Simon Tarr
February 27, 2017

Your next overreach
will be the most treasured tool
of your conquerors.

Tagged: senryu, civics

Simon Tarr
February 17, 2017

The Doctor Is In

Simon Tarr
February 17, 2017
The Doctor Is In

I do everything in the wrong order. 

Simon Tarr
January 26, 2017

Architect of the Experience

Simon Tarr
January 26, 2017

Students need to get out of the habit of seeing professors as sole dispensers of knowledge.

Tagged: highered

Simon Tarr
November 29, 2016

Justice Senryu

Simon Tarr
November 29, 2016

When you say "justice,"
the deepest corners of your
heart swell with vengeance.

Tagged: senryu, civics

Simon Tarr
November 16, 2016

The Engine and the Fuel

Simon Tarr
November 16, 2016
The Engine and the Fuel

Only four years.

Tagged: buddhism, civics

Simon Tarr
November 12, 2016

Senryu for a New America

Simon Tarr
November 12, 2016

There is no more good.

There is no longer evil.

Only signaling.

Tagged: civics, senryu

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