- Ive written before about how different musical acts could teach us things about how and what we teach, so was inspired to wrote about this again (albeit briefly).
- I saw Bon Iver last night in Charlotte the at the Fillmore and it felt like a truly engaging learning experience.
- It was a musical environment all about learning how to move between sonic and kinetic environments that we would only encounter there.
- Many moments were like tearing entire ugly holes in the fiber of what we thought we understood to be sound, but then they turn on a moment and we are back in the soft melodies of the forest – so good that we bought the latest album on vinyl, came home, and gave it a spin (see featured image).
- They play together through “mistakes” and, for me at least, echo Pollock’s idea of while painting being in the painting – part of it as a process and trying to live with whatever actions you take while there.
- We always ask students to take risks – experiencing Bon Iver at the Fillmore nudged me to be more bold in what I do and how I engage others.
- My main 3 takeaways: be bold – you may find your people, be patient for the moments you can find meaning in, and be aware of those around you – the crowd was around 2000, but none of them were hecklers.
- This last bit is the most important I think – awareness (hopefully) leads to empathy and that is what is most vital in educating.
- A colleague told me today (or yesterday?) that she really doesn’t understand how I can drink so (too) much coffee – who’s laughing now that I won’t be able to sleep for hours … huh?
- He’s wrong about so many things everyday, but him belittling a brave woman for asking about extreme gun vetting is a real ravine in my opinion.
- Got in a twitter convo about how hard it is sometimes to be here during this administration and for some reason I ended up feeling excited about the spirits I see rising from my communities (esp now with VA blue – #winkwink).
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