In the beggining, there was the Pilcrow = ¶

Here is my first ¶ of my contract, the unifying ¶, call it what you may... here it is:

A group of students are banding together to create a small artistic community at evergreen. We will be doing independent work, with an emphasis on studio practice. There will be some shared readings based on the applicability to each artist respectively. There will be weekly seminars, critiques, and field trips to major art events such as First and Last Thursday in Seattle and Portland. Also there will be a community aspect to lend support to the other artists, this will include but is not limited to, movie screenings, and cultural happenings. At the end of the quarter we will host a show of our work.