Tuesday, October 15

Today is Tuesday of Week 9. Here is a link to the Week 9 assignments and also a link to Week 10 for those of you who are working ahead. For Week 9, it's one more week of stories from Africa and Asia in Myth-Folklore, and one more week for the Mahabharata in Indian Epics.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Week 9. I hope the extra time on Monday was useful for those of you making the pilgrimage back from Texas, and it's now Tuesday, which means it's time to start in on the reading for Week 9 if you have not done that yet. Week 9 is a Storytelling week (there will be a Story Lab option again in Week 10), so I hope you will find some good material in the reading to inspire your story!

Project Stack. Things are kind of chaotic this week (with the Monday extension, plus the fact that many of you had a free pass for Week 8). As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your assignment, and my goal today is to reply to all the projects turned in before Sunday; tomorrow I should be able to start in on the assignments that you turned in on Sunday.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. People shared all kinds of great motivational graphics in their blog posts from last week, and I really liked this one from Emily's blog:

Twitter Stream. Here's something from the Carnegie Institution for Science: many mythological names live on in outer space, and now it's time to name some newly discovered moons of Saturn (details).

Story of the Day. And this "why" story about barnyard animals features the Sun as a character: Why the Hawk Catches Chickens.

Indian Epics Today. And carrying on with the sun, here is a post about Surya, the Sun-God. More about Surya. He is the father of one of the Mahabharata heroes: Karna.

Storybooks. This is a Storybook from Indian Epics last year all about Karna: The Ill-fated Hero.

Myth-Folklore Video. Here's a video about a Japanese story some of you may have read / may be reading in Myth-Folklore: Urashima Taro.

Proverbs. And here is a great proverb from China about the power of asking questions:

H.E.A.R.T.. This infographic is all about the Power of "I Don't Know" (yet).

Mindset Cats. This mindset cat advises: Question everything!

Mindset Video. And here's an endorsement from Tim Ferriss on asking questions:

Event on Campus. You can get a flu shot today at Goddard this morning, 8AM-noon (details), and there are afternoon clinics on Wednesday and Thursday in the afternoon. Get your flu shot, people!

October 15: Sai Baba. Today marks the 101st anniversary of the death of Sai Baba of Shardi, a man who is revered as a saint by both Hindus and Muslims. He died in 1918, but the year of his birth is unknown, and it is not clear whether he came from a Hindu family or a Muslim one. He lived the life of an ascetic and preached a gospel of love, charity and simplicity. You can read a detailed account of Sai Baba's life and teachings at Wikipedia, which is also the source of this icon, a painting inspired by one of the photographs of Sai Baba taken during his lifetime:

Here's a short video about Sai Baba from Epified:

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