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| catching. |
...to having to face the fact of a warmth and a glow and a delight flooding up from within, dictated by no external copy but existing and developing and changing in its own right, as a result of what one was looking at.
-marion milner.
4/13/12
4/12/12
thursday.
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| up. |
from architecture to zoology and from heart surgery to structural engineering, the doodle, diagram, map, sketch, outline, draft, 3d model and intricate rendering, all contribute to a long and complex process combining the eye, the mind, the imagination and the hand.
-barry phipps.
4/11/12
4/9/12
4/8/12
sunday.
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| in between exhibitions. |
in understanding artmaking as an opportunity to speak about and reflect on issues important in the lives of students, the process of making art begins to mirror a process of formulating an identity.
4/7/12
saturday.
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| trash can, 2 purses. |
there is a radiance that comes from putting different things together.
-meredith monk.
4/6/12
friday.
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| beginning. |
and also the sound of the water when you hear it, kind of a little lap of sound.
-merce cunningham.
4/5/12
thursday.
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| steps. |
mapping: a combination of image & abstract narrative to make visible the invisible process of moving through the day.
4/4/12
wednesday.
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| Add caption |
making art is a way to listen to myself think and to try
to connect with other people. i pay close attention to details. i collect and produce images. i observe how my environment influences the way that i move through it.
to connect with other people. i pay close attention to details. i collect and produce images. i observe how my environment influences the way that i move through it.
4/3/12
tuesday.
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| phoebe washburn. |
teachers who model the reflection processes of contemporary working artists provide students with critical thinking and research skills. making visible the thinking processes of artists gives students the tools to examine and discuss big ideas. an ability to dissect an artist’s big idea may help students to form their own.
4/2/12
4/1/12
3/31/12
saturday.
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| sitting. |
a continuous period of being seated, especially when engaged in a particular activity.
3/30/12
3/29/12
thursday.
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| time. |
a main task of the analyst of any patient is to maintain objectivity in regard to all that the patient brings, and a special case of this is the analyst's need to be able to hate objectively.
-d.w. winnicott.
3/28/12
wednesday.
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| peeling. |
what occurs when students’ personal & cultural backgrounds become a context for learning to draw?
3/27/12
3/26/12
3/25/12
3/24/12
3/23/12
3/21/12
3/20/12
tuesday.
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| a bucket in the trash. |
finding connections between adolescent development and the work of artists and researchers, gives educators a foundation for understanding adolescence as a fluid process, capable of bouncing back and forth in time.
3/19/12
3/18/12
sunday.
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| people. |
we drove past a smashed semi and three totaled cars. we listened to an interview about spirituality and mark rothko on the radio. we stopped for groceries.
3/17/12
3/16/12
3/15/12
thursday.
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| outside. |
gregory first tried twisting the top of it, then pushing. next he tried pulling it apart from its body. with a smile he said, "it IS a pen!!" his glasses, strapped around his head, were bright blue just like the monkey bars. the two of us became sharks on a bridge. he asked about my notebook. he showed me his teeth.
3/14/12
3/13/12
3/12/12
3/11/12
sunday.
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| shapes. |
a round shadow forms on the floor in the hallway. i'm standing inside of the circle.
3/10/12
3/9/12
friday.
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| leaves. |
what happens when students approach drawing as a way to reflect on thinking about themselves thinking?
3/8/12
thursday.
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| stingray. |
an ongoing construction and interpretation of the developing self-in-the-world.
-michael nakkula & eric toshalis.
3/7/12
wednesday.
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| parts. |
gaining a clearer sense of where resistance comes from is a potential result of paying close attention to when feelings of vulnerability are had.
3/6/12
3/5/12
monday.
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| robert mangold, thomas schutte. |
the time moves so quickly. keeping things simple. big ideas with broken down steps.
3/4/12
sunday.
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| in and out. |
“the kind of learning which contributes to the growth of the personality is that which engages with life passionately and honestly, if painfully. It is a learning which encourages change, one which inspires growth and supports a person in thinking for himself and thereby becoming more genuinely himself.”
-margot waddell.
3/3/12
3/2/12
friday.
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| hand. |
the two of us climbed to the top of a hill when we arrived. it was near an old school. we sat for over an hour without speaking.
3/1/12
2/29/12
2/28/12
2/27/12
2/26/12
sunday.
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| near armitage and the river. |
in the absence of an internal structure, an external one is felt to be essential to survival.
-margot waddell.
2/25/12
saturday.
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| shadows. |
so i slink amid the gutters, trash-can bangers, and street chatter, through the clink of sidewalk clutter, but that clatter makes me gladder; so much gladder that i woof-and i arf, pant, huff, and growl. now i'll shout and raise the roof with one good maxi-canine howl.
-chris raschka.
2/24/12
2/23/12
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