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Introduction to big words  I am learning in Grad School.

So, here I am, three weeks into my big MFA graduate program!  Wow, look Mom!  I am a big girl!  Except, when I hear some of the words that my teachers use and I wonder if I didn't retain anything from undergrad or if I really missed something important.  Phenomenology?  Intersubjectivity?  Say what?    Deep breath Nik.  It's okay, surely you aren't the only one that feels a bit lost in this language.  Wait!  What is that girl over there saying??  An experience?  Like Disney?  Surely not.  Hold on!  Touching my arm?  Like just touching my arm is a phenomenological experience?  Um....yeah, okay.  No but seriously, it is!  It is a tactile experience!  So that seems easy enough, right?  Except just when I think that I am comprehending the meaning, another factor comes into play.  Either another big word or some other experience that doesn't seem to be second nature to me.  Regardless, I will get this!  Rome wasn't built in a day after all.  But in all actuality, I am learning some incredible things.  And my cohorts!  I can't even begin with how fantastic everyone is.  I feel so blessed and honored to be a part of such a beautiful program.  And each day when I step out of my comfort zone and have a phenomenological experience of some sort, I remind myself that I am right where I need to be.