ABOUT WALLEYE


 

Keith Wilson grew up on a cul-de-sac in suburban Georgia+. After stints in Florida, Texas, France, Ohio and San Francisco, he now lives in Austin, Texas where he is a Jesse Jones Fellow in the Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas-Austin. He teaches courses in documentary and digital media production and likes free time, colored tape, cross-stitch, the newspaper, dried fruit and bottling his own kombucha tea



what is a walleye?
A walleye is two things. It is a freshwater fish native to Canada and the northern U.S. It is also slang for the eye condition extropia. Often called a "lazy eye", a walleye occurs when one eye is looking at the intended object and the other eye is looking at the wall instead. For example, these are Keith's eyes: