One of the books I read in preparation for my English 101 class project is Making Habits, Breaking Habits by Jeremy Dean. “This book started,” Dean starts, “with an apparently simple question that seemed to have a simple answer: How long does it take to form a new habit?” (3). He makes short work of the myth […]
“Without play, learning and evolution are impossible. Play is the taproot from which original art springs; it is the raw stuff the artist channels and organizes. Technique itself springs from play, by testing the limits and resistances of our tools.” -Stephen Nachmanovitch (qtd. in Writing the Natural Way by Gabriele Rico) Yesterday I had a […]
Over at EIL (Escape into Life) Kathleen Kirk has put together a fabulous collage of pictures and poems about poetry, just in time to make us sit up and notice the last week of Poetry Month. Click on the link to find yourself there 😉 All of the images are from Susan Yount‘s Tarot cards, this […]
As part of my homework for our class project, I have been rereading a book a friend recommended to me when my twins were toddlers. It is Don’t Shoot the Dog by Karen Pryor, and a great teaching manual to have on hand whether you are working with dogs, dolphins, or college students. No, I can’t claim […]