Welcome back.

Oh, I know.  I know.

Steps:

1.  Outer space: take an extended moment to clear off your work space and remove distractions.

2.  Inner space: take an extended moment to find your alert but relaxed position and then breathe to remove inner distractions.

3.  When you are ready, press “Play” below to listen to Gil Shaham, Andre Previn, and the London Symphony Orchestra perform the 2nd Movement from Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto while you copy your choice of one of these two photos taken by Fergus Bourke in the Twelve Bens in Connemara.

(Remember Lynda Barry’s incredible advice: this is a map!)

If you’d like to be able to zoom in on these photos, right-click (or control-click) here to open the image in a separate tab or window and then come back to start the music.

4.  Title: “Storm Clouds Over the Bens,” by Fergus Bourke.

5.  Date it.

6.  File it somewhere safe so that we can look at it together later (this day will come!).

See you at 10:00!

ps: don’t forget: we will share our learning from being outside over the weekend (as much as I love to see you all squirm, if you didn’t do it, please just own your choice and spare us all – including you – the discomfort of watching someone wing it; share your thoughts another day).

pps: isn’t squirm a great word??