{"id":11865,"date":"2020-05-21T08:39:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T15:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/?p=11865"},"modified":"2020-05-21T08:39:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T15:39:46","slug":"be-the-rock-or-the-cinnamon-bun-your-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/2020\/05\/21\/be-the-rock-or-the-cinnamon-bun-your-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Be the Rock (or the cinnamon bun &#8211; your choice&#8230;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Morning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11867 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/05\/giphy-13.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. \u00a0Outer space.<\/p>\n<p>2. \u00a0Inner space.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u00a0Copy this (how do you capture the feeling of this place?)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11866 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/05\/Frankin2012_paradise-45.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/05\/Frankin2012_paradise-45.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/05\/Frankin2012_paradise-45-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/05\/Frankin2012_paradise-45-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/05\/Frankin2012_paradise-45-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;while listening to this:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 &quot;Emperor&quot;: II. Adagio un poco mosso\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9u9Pzr2jE_8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>4. \u00a0Title: &#8220;The Photo Behind Prof. G.B.&#8217;s Sofa&#8221; (AKA Spring along the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/catskillscenictrail.org\/?page_id=43\">Catskill Scenic Trail<\/a><\/strong>, 2012)<\/p>\n<p>5. \u00a0Date it.<\/p>\n<p>6. \u00a0File it somewhere safe so that we can look at it together later.<\/p>\n<p>Remember: no class meeting today; instead, Team 6-Square meets at 10:00 for our Wagamese discussion.<\/p>\n<p>For everybody: use the gift of time today to sink into <em>The Black Cauldron<\/em>. \u00a0Take a pre-reflective moment before you begin. \u00a0Remind yourself of your purpose: to be a functioning cog in the big machine that is our class project. \u00a0This is your gift to us. \u00a0My challenge to you today is, can you enjoy the process rather than focus on perfection? \u00a0What happens if you actively take the time before you begin to get yourself into the non-thinking headspace we have been exploring all year? \u00a0What if you are the rock that sits still and notices? \u00a0What happens if you become calm and friendly before you begin? \u00a0What happens if you try it for reals?<\/p>\n<p>ps: For those who are interested, the\u00a0<em>NewsHour<\/em> had some interesting segments last night:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A continuation of the reporting on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/how-the-trump-administration-is-leveraging-covid-19-to-tighten-immigration\">child deportation in the US<\/a><\/strong> that we have explored in the past.<\/li>\n<li>The challenges of creating <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/what-computer-based-models-can-tell-us-about-coronavirus-and-what-they-cant\">computer-based models<\/a><\/strong> to track Covid-19 data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>pps: &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gem.cbc.ca\/media\/media\/documentary-specials\/episode-46\/38e815a-0116eba32d0\">Joni Mitchell<\/a><\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morning. Steps: 1. \u00a0Outer space. 2. \u00a0Inner space. 3. \u00a0Copy this (how do you capture the feeling of this place?)&#8230; &#8230;while listening to this: 4. \u00a0Title: &#8220;The Photo Behind Prof. G.B.&#8217;s Sofa&#8221; (AKA Spring along the Catskill Scenic Trail, 2012) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/2020\/05\/21\/be-the-rock-or-the-cinnamon-bun-your-choice\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11868,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11865\/revisions\/11868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}