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I am…

10 Mar 2014 Comments Off on I am…

Creating “I am” poems with my students…

I am curious and altruistic
I wonder about the future
I hear “Have a Nice Day” by Bon Jovi
I see whirling explosions of color and japanese tea gardens
I want for those that I love to be happy
I am curious and altruistic

I pretend that I live closer to the beach than I do
I feel frustrated when I see apathy
I touch ticky, tacky keyboard keys
I worry about the reaction to change
I cry less often than I should
I am curious and altruistic

I understand that most people just want to be understood
I say every person is powerful
I dream about crazy things in other worlds and other lives
I try almost anything new
I hope for adventure and rest
I am curious and altruistic

Versions of the Same

25 Feb 2014 Comments Off on Versions of the Same

Image by mspdgtt

27 Jan 2014 Comments Off on Eyewitness Burning Mansion Photo Review

Click to link: Eyewitness Burning Mansion Photo Review

I saw this photo on Guardian Eyewitness. It looked like a scene from a mystical movie, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter come to mind…fantasy. The reality that it is a blazing structure in “common place” Ohio, in the midst of this vortex of cold dampens the beauty just a bit. I imagine it is loud and busy there; the photographer can probably smell the scent of various burning materials as they populate the photo with the unifying grey opacity. Still, the architectural shapes stretched neatly in a wedge across the picture plane–great find for today’s photo review demo.