So one thing I love about teaching is that I get to look through different art clips and find ones I like. In my searching tonight I found a few great clips, and then I decided to look up Clog America. Lo and behold there is a full-length video of Read more…
Today I bore my testimony about my gratitude “journal” on here. I wasn’t planning on getting up, but right after the first testimony I just felt that prompting. I’m glad I did, because it just helps reaffirm to me that I’m on the right track. I’m far from perfect, but Read more…
So I wasn’t expecting to have a very exciting Saturday. I left the Valentine Benefit last night with a massive headache that only got worse. I finally got to sleep, and ended up sleeping for a very long time. Thanks goodness I woke up around 11:15, because about ten minutes Read more…
Well maybe being happy isn’t as easy as I thought it was going. And while maybe I could blame today on hormones… I would also want to blame most of January on the same thing and I don’t think I’m that screwed up. Perhaps its just because I’ve been sick Read more…
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance…and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.Henry James (1843-1916)
Happy Groundhog’s Day, everyone! According to Punxatawney Phil, spring is just around the corner. Thank goodness, because I don’t know how many more of these super-cold days I can take! I got to campus today and it was about 9 degrees… with a “feel-temperature” of -1. At least it is Read more…
Morgan Freeman said this first in Italian, then gave the English translation. “Life is what you make it.” We have been given the gift of agency. We can choose what we will do, what values we will embrace or eschew, how we will respond to the world around us and Read more…
Of all lies, art is the least untrue.Gustave Flaubert(1821-1880) One element I really enjoy bringing into my class room teaching is the philosophical debate in the arts. Take this quote for example. What does it mean? It is implicating art as something that is not entirely true, though its wording Read more…
Yesterday I made some yummy cookies! It was great to get done with work, finalize travel plans for my conference, come home and just bake! The dough was AMAZINGLY delicious, and the cookies were great too — aside from the first batch which got slightly overbaked. I also spent an Read more…
So Wednesday night I went to see the BYU production of Peter Pan. It was amazing! I went by myself, which is a big thing because I generally hate going to things like that alone. But I just did it. And I had a wonderful time. The show was extremely Read more…