Today is Tuesday of Week 11. Here is a link to Week 11, plus the whole rest of the semester here at the class calendar.
Class Procedures and Reminders
OU Holiday. OU declared today a holiday for the Spring semester, making up for Spring Break (partly)... although they did not make that announcement until after I had already scheduled the Week 5 and Week 10 breaks for this class. So, there's still a Reading A item for this week, but I've extended that due date in Canvas through Wednesday. If you are taking today off as a holiday (yay!), you can catch up on the reading tomorrow, Wednesday, if you want/need to do Reading A for this week.
Class Procedures and Reminders
OU Holiday. OU declared today a holiday for the Spring semester, making up for Spring Break (partly)... although they did not make that announcement until after I had already scheduled the Week 5 and Week 10 breaks for this class. So, there's still a Reading A item for this week, but I've extended that due date in Canvas through Wednesday. If you are taking today off as a holiday (yay!), you can catch up on the reading tomorrow, Wednesday, if you want/need to do Reading A for this week.
Project Stack. If you turned in your assignment on Friday, you should have comments back from me now. I'll get to work on the Saturday projects today! As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your project.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog Stream. This is actually something from a Storybook rather than from a blog; Lewis did something really cool here pairing up some animated gifs with a marble statue for his story of Hercules and Antaeus. I really like how the animation in the gif gives you a way to imagine the movement the sculptor tries to express in his sculpture.
From India to Iran, With Love!
— MAATIBAANI (@maatibaani) March 31, 2021
Presenting to you a refreshing take of Kabir Saab's timeless poetry featuring the most
prolific musicians from Iran and India ❤️#Iran #India https://t.co/y4dV9dZYXc
Some procrastination humor from Dinoman (larger view):
And some decision-making humor with Heart and Brain from Awkward Yeti (larger view):
April 6: Raphael. Today is the birthday of the great painter Raphael; he was born in 1483, and he died on his birthday in 1520, only 37 years old. You can read more about his life and career at Wikipedia, which also features many of his mythological paintings, like this painting of Saint George and the Dragon:
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
A piece from the Smithsonian about one of my all-time favorite modern adaptations of a classical story: Black Orpheus. How a French Film Introduced the World to Brazil.
And some advice for writing, specifically for scientific writing: keep it short! This could have been shorter.
Here is a video selection of his paintings:
One of his most famous paintings, The School of Athens, has now become a meme. You can make your own School of Athens meme image of Plato and Aristotle at imgflip.
