Class Procedures and Reminders
Project Stack. I've read and replied to all the assignments turned in on Sunday, and I'll get through the rest of the Week 5 assignments in the stack today, plus as many of the Week 6 (and later) assignments as I can. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your assignment.
Congratulations to Neal! Yes, Neal in Indian Epics is done with the class! He started early, and he did two or more weeks of work every week, which means he is now done with the class. He also completed a wonderful Storybook which you can see here: Shiva's Family Animals. So: CONGRATULATIONS, Neal!
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog stream. I really hope people will want to make a class Microfiction Anthology this semester (I'll have more to say about that later this month)... and it is really cool seeing the microfiction experiments people are trying at their blogs. Take a look at this one from Emma at her blog: Walk. She found a lovely image to pair with it also:
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog stream. I really hope people will want to make a class Microfiction Anthology this semester (I'll have more to say about that later this month)... and it is really cool seeing the microfiction experiments people are trying at their blogs. Take a look at this one from Emma at her blog: Walk. She found a lovely image to pair with it also:
And here's a more optimistic dog dog graphic for when you're writing :-)
This is a tweet on a subject of great interest to meet: museums that contain artwork looted from colonized peoples.This article is about a French museum and its holdings from the Congo: Theft case forces France to confront colonial past.
It's Heart and Brain again from Awkward Yeti:
Plus some advice from Grant Snider about pruning back to what's essential:
Finally, from Crash Course, you can take a visit to the Mythical Mountains:
October 2: Gandhi Jayanti. Today is the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, a holiday celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti; he was born on this day in 1869, 151 years ago. You can read more about this holiday at Wikipedia, and you can follow the Gandhi Jayanti holiday at Twitter. Here is a quote from Gandhi writing in the year 1909:
In reality there are as many religions as there are individuals. Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads, so long as we reach the same goal. Wherein is the cause for quarreling?
For Gandhi Jayanti, people often sing the devotional song called Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram in his memory. You can read the lyrics here, and you can listen to the song in this video; you can also read about Gandhi's devotion to Rama in a book that he wrote entitled Ramanama, "The Name of Rama."
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
