{"id":7754,"date":"2020-04-15T08:52:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T15:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/?p=7754"},"modified":"2020-04-15T08:53:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T15:53:43","slug":"prepare-to-read-instructions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/2020\/04\/15\/prepare-to-read-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare to Read Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This isn&#8217;t a dream.&nbsp; Follow me toward your index card drawing prompt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7757 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/04\/spirited-away1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"239\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7758 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/04\/spirited-away2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Okay, now that we&#8217;re here, take a moment to still your mind.&nbsp; Actually.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And now, calmly and purposefully, practice reading instructions carefully.&nbsp; Do the steps in order, one by one.&nbsp; Actually.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Outer Space<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1. Remove distractions.&nbsp; This includes turning off notifications and text alerts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2.&nbsp; Clear off your workspace.<\/p>\n<p>3.&nbsp; Prepare your materials: sharp pencil, comp book, a sense of focus.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Inner Space<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1. Relax your body.&nbsp; Start at the top of your head and end with the tips of your toes.<\/p>\n<p>2. Take an extended moment to focus on your breath and try to get into that calm and friendly place Lynda Barry says images are attracted to.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>When You&#8217;re Ready<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1.&nbsp; Draw an index card-sized frame.&nbsp; Dare yourself to do it without a ruler.&nbsp; Breathe through the discomfort. ; )<\/p>\n<p>2.&nbsp; Your job is to copy the below image of a Welsh countryside.<\/p>\n<p>You need to draw<em> the entire image<\/em> within the time limit &#8211; six and a half minutes &#8211; calmly, without getting OCD about any one particular area.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to challenge yourself, try to capture as much detail as possible while still capturing the whole picture.&nbsp; Think lines of a map.&nbsp; Think spatial relationships.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let go of perfect.&nbsp; Capture the place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When you are ready, press &#8220;Play&#8221; in the YouTube window below the image to drift on a cloud the sublime Sabine Meyer playing the 2nd Movement of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic: an old classroom classic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Keep your pencil in motion for the entire six and a half minutes; stop when the music stops.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is the image:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7756\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/04\/welsh-countryside2-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/04\/welsh-countryside2-scaled.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/04\/welsh-countryside2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/04\/welsh-countryside2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/04\/welsh-countryside2-450x300.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the music:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"S. Meyer &amp; C. Abbado - W.A. Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A major K622 Adagio\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3dexfWm3bJ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>3.&nbsp; Date your image and add the title: &#8220;Welsh Countryside.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You do not need to send me this drawing, but file it somewhere safe: we will look at it when we do one-on-one conferences a little later in the term.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, reread the instructions and look at your drawing.&nbsp; Did you do what was asked of you?&nbsp; Did you miss any of the instructions by mistake?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is there anything in this image that might be useful for your&nbsp;<em>The Black Cauldron<\/em> work?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Next:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Consider making a checklist for the day and\/or checking yesterday&#8217;s homework sheet (did you forget anything?).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F7gzHLKT5g4\">See you at 10:00<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp; It will be a slightly shorter meeting that usual as I have a staff meeting at 11:00.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, tootles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7759 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2020\/04\/spirited-away3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"252\"><\/p>\n<p>PS: I once asked two clarinetists with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra what the best recording of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto was (this is not how most of my conversations go) &#8211; they looked at each other and then said, at the same time, &#8220;Sabine Meyer. Abbado.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This isn&#8217;t a dream.&nbsp; Follow me toward your index card drawing prompt. . . . . . . . . . Okay, now that we&#8217;re here, take a moment to still your mind.&nbsp; Actually. 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