Poem Shared in Class

Hello to you all. I hope that you are having a lovely reading week. It looks like we will get snow sometime today... I hope my rosemary bushes survive...

I wanted to share the link to the poem shared by our own JEM in class the other day. Thanks for sharing with us.

• "Poem about My Rights" by June Jordan

On Synesthesia

I was watching a TED talk today by VS Ramachandran on the mind. About 17 minutes in he starts to talk about synesthesia, the crossing of the senses. As he is a scientist of the brain, he explains why it is--physically--that some people are more creative than others. Well, something like that. Why it is that some people can link more abstract concepts--such as metaphor--together and others cannot. Fascinating stuff.

The Book I was Referring to Today

Today I was talking about a book edited by Sherry Turkle. I just wanted to give you the name: Evocative Objects. I hope that you are able to rest and be restored during reading week. I also hope that you are able to read or paint or write or sing or play or ... something that is not required. 

Peace,

Chelle

  

On Beauty

Matt sent me this video after last week's class. Very provocative...

Rothko & Pollock

I realized today that I never put up the video about Rothko. I'll put up a couple just in case you are interested...



And I'll include a famous film by Hans Namuth of Pollock talking and painting. The quality is not that great, but very interesting. There is great avant gard music! About 6 minutes (or so) in is the most famous part of this painting. It shows Pollock painting on glass. You can see his brush strokes.