{"id":7651,"date":"2020-04-09T08:57:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T15:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/?p=7651"},"modified":"2020-04-09T08:59:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T15:59:01","slug":"can-someone-else-tell-a-joke-for-a-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/2020\/04\/09\/can-someone-else-tell-a-joke-for-a-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Someone Else Tell a Joke for a Change?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wakey, wakey, y&#8217;all.&nbsp; (Somebody text Obi: tell him to wake up Donkey!)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steps:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1.&nbsp; &nbsp;Think about your external space.&nbsp; What do you need to do to get ready?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>find a place where you can work uninterrupted<\/li>\n<li>get your materials: comp book or paper, pencil, willing fingers, a slow, calm mind<\/li>\n<li>clear off your work space as a visual cue for your mind to also clear space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2.&nbsp; Think about your inner space.&nbsp; What do you need to do to get ready?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>relax your body<\/li>\n<li>slow down your breathing<\/li>\n<li>be willing to let what happens happen without judgement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3.&nbsp; Draw an index card-sized frame.<\/p>\n<p>4.&nbsp; Press &#8220;Play&#8221; below to listen to the unworldly beauty of Rachmaninoff&#8217;s <em>Vespers<\/em>.&nbsp; This is what I imagine the Children of the Evening sound like when they sing for King Eiddileg in <em>The Book of Three.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rachmaninoff:  Vespers:  Now Let Thy Servant Depart\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OEHufcT3jmw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>5.&nbsp; Copy the image below.&nbsp; You only have four minutes to do so &#8211; what do you need to draw in order to capture the essence of this place?&nbsp; Try to do so with some degree of precision and calmness.&nbsp; Think about lines.&nbsp; What kinds of lines are here? Where does one line end and the next begin?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7652 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/04\/Deirdre-Saoirse-Moen-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/04\/Deirdre-Saoirse-Moen-scaled.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/04\/Deirdre-Saoirse-Moen-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/04\/Deirdre-Saoirse-Moen-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/04\/Deirdre-Saoirse-Moen-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5.&nbsp; Put today&#8217;s date outside the frame of your drawing (inside the frame is okay if you have actual index cards).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You do not need to email me your work.&nbsp; At some point this term we will do one-on-one conferences; I&#8217;ll ask to see your drawings, so if you&#8217;re working on loose paper, file it somewhere organized and safe.<\/p>\n<p>See you at 10:00!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PS: the photo is of the countryside outside Milford Haven in <em>Wales<\/em>. You&#8217;re welcome.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wakey, wakey, y&#8217;all.&nbsp; (Somebody text Obi: tell him to wake up Donkey!)&nbsp; Steps:&nbsp; 1.&nbsp; &nbsp;Think about your external space.&nbsp; What do you need to do to get ready? find a place where you can work uninterrupted get your materials: comp &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/2020\/04\/09\/can-someone-else-tell-a-joke-for-a-change\/\">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\/7651"}],"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=7651"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7683,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7651\/revisions\/7683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}