Scott Stutzman

An organization recently visited Texas State to capture some unusual student portraits. Bobcat Update's Scott Stutzman tells us about a group called Dear World.

Everyone at Texas State has a unique story to tell.  Dear World is an art collective that takes portraits of ordinary people -- the portraits show words and phrases important to the subject's life written on his or her body. Dear World then curates the subjects' stories as they relate to the chosen phrases. Texas State's Office of Student Involvement invited Dear World to campus to engage with students and faculty members.
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Participants told stories central to their personal identities. Some talked about their childhood.
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Participants also listened to other people's stories and gained insight in a rare and intimate way.
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Dear World captures these stories alongside portraits of the subject. Event organizers knew a campus as diverse as Texas State would have plenty of perspectives to explore.
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Dear World reminds us that every story is important, no matter how small. For Bobcat Update, I'm Scott Stutzman.