“The brevity of our lives breeds a kind of temporal parochialism—an ignorance of or an indifference to those planetary gears which turn more slowly than our own. The Cascadia subduction zone remained hidden from us for so long because we could not see deep enough into the past. It poses a danger to us today because we have not thought deeply enough about the future.” “The Big One”
Some Visual Thoughts on Consciouness
All in the Timing Links for May
All in the Timing.pdf – Cabarrus County Schools
All in the Timing: Six One-act Plays, by David Ives
Here is a link to the entire collection in PDF format. I like several other of the plays in this collection, and would like your reaction and insights into those as well, but we will be focussing on only two or three of the six: “Sure Thing,” Universal Language,” and (if we find time and interest) “Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread.”
Recommendation:
Read through each one of the two or three plays to be deal with at our next meeting
on your own and see if you can put your finger what Ives is getting at. Then read aloud through a good portion of each the play with someone else–to see if the plays and their central themes make a bit more sense. We will read by pairs a few lines of our choice. Please note: I’m aware that there are a number You-tube productions of these–none of which I recommend. Trust the page and your own ear and we will see what you make of all this silliness.
All in the Timing.pdf – Cabarrus County Schools
Seymour Bernstein “Seymour: An Introduction,”
Here and Now Interview of great interest:
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/03/25/seymour-an-introduction
Seymour Bernstein is the focus of the documentary “Seymour: An Introduction,” directed by actor Ethan Hawke.
Meet Seymour Bernstein: a virtuoso pianist, veteran New Yorker, and true original who gave up a successful concert career to teach music. In this wonderfully warm, witty, and intimate tribute from his friend, Ethan Hawke, Seymour shares unforgettable stories from his remarkable life and eye-opening words of wisdom, as well as insightful reflections on art, creativity, and the search for fulfillment. A “poignant guide to life” (Indiewire) and an engaging exploration on the dedication, perseverance, and fortitude essential to creating both art and a rewarding life, Seymour: An Introduction will leave audiences uplifted and inspired.
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/03/25/seymour-an-introduction
Opinion piece from Sunday NYT which seems to relate to Note Card Videos
Having viewed the videos Madeline I/d’d, I thought this would be helpful for our discussion.
Piece is Hiding from Scary Ideas. Author is : Judith Shulevitz. I can’t get it to up load. You’ll have to read on NYT site. Interested in your comments
Some remarkable photo images from Sony world competition
Poem from today’s Writers almanac
A Person of Limited Palette
by Ted Kooser
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I would love to have lived out my years
in a cottage a few blocks from the sea,
and to have spent my mornings painting
out in the cold, wet rocks, to be known
as “a local artist,” a pleasant old man
who “paints passably well, in a traditional
manner,” though a person of limited
talent, of limited palette: earth tones
and predictable blues, snap-brim cloth cap
and cardigan, baggy old trousers
and comfortable shoes, but none of this
shall come to pass, for every day
the possibilities grow fewer, like swallows
in autumn. If you should come looking
for me, you’ll find me here, in Nebraska,
thirty miles south of the broad Platte River,
right under the flyway of dreams.
“A Person of Limited Palette” by Ted Kooser from Splitting an Order. © Copper Canyon Press, 2014. Reprinted with permission. (buy now)
Bob Dylan was probably first adopter of the “Note Card Confessional” Scroll down
Bob Dylan was probably first adopter of the “Note Card Confessional” Scroll down.
Hi everyone, I tried to insert a short video of a very young Dylan using cards he created to reinforce his song. I don’t have the hang of it yet. Meanwhile, you can access it quite easily by Googling Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues youtube. I wanted you to see this because Dylan may be the first person to use changing note cards, reinforced by music, to get a message across.
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