Monday, September 9

Today is Monday of Week 4. Here is a link to Week 4 (and for those of you who are using the grace period this morning, here is Week 3). It's another week of Classical or Biblical readings in Myth-Folklore, and in Indian Epics, you will be finishing up your first reading of the Ramayana. I hope you will enjoy the readings!

Class Procedures and Reminders

Check your progress. The class is now 20% over, so you might want to use this Chart to see if you are on track for the grade you want. If you are not on track, you can start doing more of the assigned work, and you can make up past missing work with extra credit (now, or later in the semester when you have some available time).

Project Stack. As usual, the stack will be huge on Monday, and I'll start working through the assignments in the order they were turned in, beginning with the assignments from Friday and Saturday. Meanwhile, you can check the stack to make sure I received your assignment.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. Carrying on with the parade of pets, here are Neal's cat and dog photobombing. So cute!


Story of the Day. And here's a story about a big cat: Why the Tiger is Striped. Yes, once again, it's Brer Rabbit's fault. :-)


Twitter Stream. I thought this "Lithophone" (stone-sounder) was pretty amazing!


India Video. Here's another type of instrument to listen to and learn about: the santoor.


Storybooks. This is a Storybook on a musical theme, with music videos included: Musical Demon Slayers: Devis of the Vedic Age.


Indian Epics Today. The Ramayana character for today is the valiant Lakshmana, Rama's brother and protector. More about Lakshmana. Here you can see Lakshmana protecting Sita:


Myth-Folklore. From the world of Mythology and Folklore, here's a map of Monsters in America.


H.E.A.R.T.. Books are great, and so are libraries, as Hermione understood: When in doubt, go to the library!


Mindset Cats. The mindset cat agrees: to learn new things, you have to probe and poke. Libraries are a great place to do some probing and poking, seeing what you can find in the books.


Mindset Video. And here's a useful video about the science of learning from Barbara Oakley: How to Turn Information into Intelligence.


Event on Campus. Yet more fun at the Library: it's not just about books! You can learn how to use the 3D printers in Bizzell at this 3D Printing 101 Workshop today from 3PM-4PM in The EDGE (Bizzell 126); register here.


September 9: Coomaraswamy. Today marks the death in 1947 of Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, one of the first scholars to introduce classical Indian art to Western audiences. You can find out more about him at Wikipedia, and you will find one of his books at the Freebookapalooza: Vidyapati's Songs of the Love of Radha and Krishna.



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