Story by SARAH L. STEWART (BSJ '05)
Photo by BRIAN KRATZER
Kim Pacetti taught herself tricks to hide the shaking. She'd sit on her hands, cross her legs
and clamp them together, exhausting herself trying to assert some authority over her movements.
But a dozen years into her battle with Parkinson's disease — a battle that began when Pacetti
was 36 — the Parkinson's was winning. She lived in constant, uncontrollable motion; she
couldn't even sit in a chair without slipping out.
Through the twisted mangroves in the dark of night, slick, tea-colored water glistens. Evening has
descended in Jerry Cutler's painted woodland world. Cutler's moody, energetic artwork hangs in the
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art as part of the 45th annual Art Faculty Exhibition, a masterful collection
of pieces from 24 School of Art and Art History faculty members.
Story by ALISSON CLARK (BSJ ’98)
Illustration by IGOR MORSKI
Opening night was just a week away, but the production was in tatters. The script was changing by
the minute. One actress was in tears. Another had stormed out of rehearsal in UF's McGuire Pavilion
after a shouting match with cast members. Director Mikell Pinkney called a 10-minute break from
rehearsals of "Where Can We Run?" He leaned back in his front-row seat and let out a long, weary sigh.
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