{"id":7776,"date":"2020-04-20T14:58:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T21:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/?page_id=7776"},"modified":"2020-06-24T09:39:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T16:39:44","slug":"gallery-of-index-cards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/school-in-the-time-of-corona\/gallery-of-index-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"LE MUS\u00c9E des INDEX CARDS"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a direct steal from the “Excuse me, may I blow your mind?” Professor of Amazingness, Lynda Barry<\/a><\/strong> (responsible for about 90% of my teaching practice) (okay 95%), we start each morning with a timed Index Card Drawing.\u00a0 Sometimes these are copying from an image; sometimes they are a free-style interpretation of a prompt; always, they help bring us to a common sense of focus and develop our image-attracting skills, while giving us daily practice in silencing The Two Questions (“Is it good?” Does it suck?”) by favoring doing over thinking.\u00a0 We also get to listen to funky music!<\/p>\n

Here’s a selection of Index Card Drawings done during this time of emergency distance learning – in each instance you’ll see the prompt, the music the index card was drawn to, and then the results:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Picture someone around the same age as you, with the same hopes and fears and challenges, in this present moment in time, somewhere in the world.\u00a0 What message would you like to send to them?<\/p>\n