The fire was not quite warm enough for those that neglected to read their email to receive the message that we would be heading outside for Seminar on Monday. Luckily, Wyatt knows that if you just let the shivers pass through you will feel warmer than keeping your body tense against the cold. We listened to Naomi Shihab Nye reflect on her belief that you are living in a poem. You are living in a poem, “when you think, when you’re in a very quiet place, when you’re remembering, when you’re savoring an image, when you’re allowing your mind calmly to leap from one thought to another — that’s a poem. That’s what a poem does.” So yes, we may all in fact have the ability to be poets. It’s just that only a few of us are brave enough to write down what we are thinking when we are remembering, leaping, and being quiet. Shihab Nye encourages us all to write more regularly. “Very rarely do you hear anyone say they write things down and feel worse. It's an act that helps you, preserves you, energizes you in the very doing of it.” Take her advice. I have made a pinky swear with Izzy to schedule more writing into my week starting now. What might work for you? Another exhibition season came to a close and many of you wrote eloquently, recounting the hours you’ve spent engaged in your work. Over the next six or seven weeks it is even more important to write things down, so you don’t lose it all in a blur of the mad dash to graduation and the end of the school year. It’s going to go very quickly. Keep a journal in your pocket. And maybe some tissues. As Karli warned us in Zak’s exhibition, “Crying is for quarter four”. New! Pilot stickers will be here when you get back from break! Narrative and Exhibition excerpts: Arthur: I also read more about the history of English. I learned a lot more about the phonology and writing system of Old English (sometimes abbreviated to OE), which was spoken around 1000 years ago. Here is a recording I made of myself speaking an Old English text that was in the book I was reading. I’m going to go through this poem to talk about the phonology of Old English. Cameron: I have drafted and refined it as much as I can, and I have finally come to a plot that I feel good about presenting. My learning style is draft, revise, draft, revise, draft, revise, give up for a week or so, draft it again, draft it again, scrap it, start something new, go back, revise, draft, revise, and then it’s finished. Kind of ridiculous, no? I think my best work comes out of it that way though. And I will always, always continue to create. Thank you. Conor: I felt much more pressure to produce art due to the therapeutic benefits which it offers me. A place to both escape and address my problems or emotions simultaneously. This isn’t intended as an excuse. I could have made reflection and response more of a priority but my organizational problems and distracted headspace hindered this area of growth for me greatly. Realizing this, I have recently started to address it more. Scott: The violence in us/ will never cease so much pent up anger searching desperately for a release you claim to have power but you still can't face the fight you hide like a coward hope that helps you sleep at night Sage: I am deep in Through Indian Eyes - a giant textbook that does not feel like a book at all. I am no longer reading a book, but leaping into a time machine. I am no longer in the Pilot room, I am digging a deep, narrow trench that will provide water for the Hohokam tribe. I am on a mountain side, placing a bead in the spot where I just harvested the aromatic medicinal herb ginseng. I am sitting cross legged in a sweat lodge surrounded by kind, strong, oppressed people while the heat lulls me into a peaceful trance… Hunter: Something I can truly say I am proud of not just for this year of pilot but also the year of 2018 in general is my self discovery. I have gone through something of a mental transformation this year. To compare, It felt like that of being trapped in an airtight bag for a week, and finally piercing through. I’m learning how to feel again and I’m learning how to process those feelings through. 1: Take 1 minute to recognize how you are feeling in the given moment. 2: Feel that feeling (this is the most important step! If you don’t allow yourself to feel and acknowledge, it will only build up! 3: Begin to write about the feeling. Don’t worry about structure, focus on capturing the emotion that you are feeling. Write down any thoughts that fly through your mind whilst writing. 4: Finally, let go of the feeling and emotion and carry on with the rest of your day. Zak: Since starting my weekly writing band I have been doing really good work: lyrics,music reviews, and blog posts. Having that time set aside reminds me that writing is an important part of my study, and it reminds me that in the great scheme of things, I do have time for writing. I often forget to write because I tell myself, ‘you have other things to do!’In reality, writing is so much doing, it takes so much of the work out of other tasks, and allows a learner to process in a more holistic manner. The writing band has deeply enriched the projects I’ve been working on, and I will maintain this practice through the year. Kristina: Beware ! Everything I write is both true and not true Language enforces the illusion of separation To have a word is to take apart inhibit Wyatt: At the end of the day, when I look down upon my dirty calloused hands I see a story behind them. I can feel the rubber grip of the hand saw, the tingly cold from the metal stapler or the splintered edges of the roof’s rafters. I can smell the mud from this mornings rainfall and the raw flesh on my palm from the pointy tips of toolbelt nails. But of all the things I see progress towards a final goal, a days work which puts me one day closer to the end. And while I smile, reminiscing about where I began and where I now am, I remember I’m not finished, these hands still have another quarters worth of work to do. Gräe: The plant that really got me, however, is the Onion. Onions were already cool to me when I read about them in the book, because we had used them in herb school for the fire cider we made. Onion’s native rage is unknown. The chemical released when an onion is cut is called thiopropanal-s-oxide, which is what makes your eyes water. The greeks named it unio, and Egyptians worshiped it, even painted it in gold on the walls of pyramids and inside of coffins. It was said that if a person carried an onion on the left side of their body it would ward off disease. Burning onions in a fire is a charm against bad luck, dreaming of onions brings good luck. The onion has had many names over the time it has existed. In old English is was jibbles, in French it is ciboule, in German it’s zweibel, and in Sanskrit it is ushna. Parker: The camera is something that’s often neglected in 2D animation, usually being neglected to the occasion panning shot or a zoom in or out. I can understand why, to fully animate the camera, several new perspectives would be needed, turning any project into something much closer to a nightmare. However, I believe that the artistic possibilities that arise make up for this hardship. With characters being shown from even more angles, they truly start to take up a 3D space, and begin to feel much more tangible. Even 2D backgrounds can be drawn to create the illusion of being 3D, such as with the work of Paul Heaston, who’s 360 degree environment drawings are truly amazing. Izzy: How to grow a healthy Izzy:
Madison: After being a part of Branching Out for the first semester, I decided to continue my study of the chakras for a proficiency in the Science standards. I am doing this by connecting the eastern idea of the chakras to the western view of the body. The western view including, the nervous and endocrine systems. Some parts of this portion of my study have been easy and others have been challenging. For example, the nervous system in the physical body mirrors the nadis in the subtle body. However, I have recently been looking at Ida and Pingala, two of the major nadis, and seeing if there is a further connection there. As I move forward with this I think it will become more and more about my personal interpretation. Karli: La semana pasada hice una baile a una canción de español. Quiero mucho estoy encontrando más oportunidades que permíteme a oír y hablar la lengua. Quiero ser menos dependiente en buscando para palabras en mi teléfono. Saco notas de palabras que no sé durante almuerzo con Izzy, la clase de español, y Nada. Haciendo pruebas de vocabulario para mí con suerte será una buena manera de solidificar este significado. Noah: This quarter I have thought a lot about what it is to work with others. I have come to the conclusion that the answer is almost always compromise. Say what you need, listen to the answer, repeat until satisfactory for both parties. Hold your tongue if possible. Speak only if you have something concrete to say. Leave space for others. Grace:
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