Monday, February 5

Today is Monday. Week 3 is now over... and Week 4 has begun. This week's topic in the Myth-Folklore class is Classical and Biblical stories once again, and in Indian Epics you will be continuing with the Ramayana. You can find the week's assignments at the Class Calendar.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Success Tips: Check your progress. The class is now 20% over (check out the meter in the blog sidebar to see what that looks like!), so you might want to use this Chart to check how you are doing. The chart shows totals week by week so you can gauge whether you are on track for the grade you want to receive. If you are not on track, just make sure you do more of the assigned work, along with some extra credit to make up any assignments you might have missed.

Project Stack. As usual on Monday, the project stack is huge! I'll be working through the assignments in order, and while you are waiting on comments back from me about your Project assignment, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. I am such a fan of LunarBaboon, so I smiled when I saw this cartoon in Chris's feedback post.

Myth Item. Some of you might be reading the Iliad this week in Myth-Folklore, so I wanted to share this wild infographic from GreekMythComix: Deaths in the Iliad.

India Video: Since the monkey-god Hanuman is going to be a big part of the Ramayana this week, I wanted to share this video from Epified: Names of Hanuman..

Myth Book Online: Today's free book is Stories from the Bible by Alfred Church with illustrations by Julius Schnorr. See the Freebookapalooza blog for links and the table of contents. I've also made a Flickr Album of the illustrations; this is Pharaoh's daughter finding Moses:

Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is from Latin: Show respect unto those who gave birth to you. Find out more at the Proverb Laboratory. Here is the Latin: Esto pius vere super his qui te genuere (it rhymes!).

Writing: Here's one of my favorite creativity cartoons: Knowledge - Experience - Creativity.

H.E.A.R.T.: And here's an item that's perfect for Monday: Brand New Week.

Growth Mindset: Today's growth mindset cat is starting the new week with new ideas: I am excited by new ideas. You can find out more at the Growth Mindset blog.

Video: Here's a video with tips for staying creative: 29 Ways to Stay Creative.

Event on Campus: There will be a spoken word poetry slam with Vincente "SubVersive" Perez tonight at 7PM at Yuyu's Cozy Corner on Main Street (details). Find out more about SubVersive at his website.

February 5: Inayat Khan. Today, February 5, marks the anniversary of the death of the great Indian Sufi, Inayat Khan, in the year 1927. Inayat Khan's teachings centered on Tawhid, or unity, as in the ten pronouncements on unity which you can read about in this Wikipedia article. Inayat Khan was also trained as a music master, sharing both Indian Sufism and music with Western audiences:

This video gives an overview of Inayat Khan's life:

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