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Tag Archives: art
More than a snapshot
Yesterday I read an article that stated that photography is often not seen as art, because everyone thinks they can do it. The easily affordable plethora of high quality digital cameras only reinforces this view. After my recent … Continue reading
March 14 & 15 photos of the day
Yesterday I met a friend of mine for breakfast. We spent a lot of the time talking about creativity; what sparks it or sustains it, whether it be in writing or photography or art. I mentioned that when I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Photography, Writing, blogging
Tagged art, create, creativity, march, photo of the day, photography, photos, photos of the day, Spring, writing
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“It’s not funny, it’s art”
Any fans of the film “Love Actually” will recognize the title of this post as one of the best lines in the film (in my opinion) spoken by gallery owner Mark – played by Andrew Lincoln of current “Walking Dead” … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Photography, blogging
Tagged 30 Rock, art, create, icp, lewis hine, life learning, Liz Lemon, Love Actually, Parks & Rec, philadelphia, photography, photos, portraiture, whitney museum, zoe strauss
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A visit with Christopher Columbus
One of my favorite scenes in the movie “Dead Poets Society” (a film made almost entirely of exceptional scenes) is when Robin Williams’ character, Professor John Keating, commands his students to stand on top of their desks. They are reluctant, … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Learning, Life Learning
Tagged art, Central Park, christopher columbus, cnn, columbus circle, dead poets society, desk, discovering columbus, john keating, life learning, living room, perspective, robin williams, tatzu nishi, views
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Am I doing enough?
It’s the question that lurks in the back of every unschooling parent’s mind. Am I doing enough? Am I paying enough attention to my kids’ interests and doing enough to facilitate them? Are days spent playing on the computer, … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling, math
Tagged approved, art, doubts, education, fractions, homeschooling, learning, life learning, lurking questions, music video, panic about math, physics, show and tell knowledge, standardized form, unschooling
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Everywhere art (even on the coffee cups)
Sometimes walking around New York is like being in the middle of an enormous installation of performance art. Union Square was in full swing this gorgeous afternoon, and as I made my way north on Broadway I couldn’t resist a … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged art, create, education, Flatiron Building, Gwyneth Leech, gwynethsfullbrew, Hypergraphia, learning, life learning, performance art, The Cup Drawings, union square, unschooling
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An intentional lack of ‘structure’
We don’t have a ton of structured stuff going on in our lives. And it’s not by accident. “Kids need structure” is a phrase that is used in defense of all sorts of heinous behavior and I have come … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Learning, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged art, Ben, cartoon drawing, chicago, control, drawing for 50 cents, England, history, Indonesia, JCC, kids need structure, learning, life learning, Maya, new zealand, Phillippines, photography, Spanish, Spring, unschooling, video chat
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Laughter & a Typical Day
“Tell us about your typical day.” People who want to talk to us about unschooling always request that we tell them about a typical day. It’s my least favorite question, because I know that in their head, whatever I … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged art, Ben, blocks, book, ds, education, Final Cut, laughter, learning, Lego, life learning, Maya, school brain, sculpey, Spanish, Starbucks, unschooling, video, wii
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Just another day…
First let me say that I am being sooo disciplined right now. Why, you ask? Because my kids and I just returned from an evening Barnes & Noble run, instigated by me (although they were happy enough to be ‘forced’ … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged art, broadway, education, Fever, Kiwi, learning, life learning, Peter Woytuk, sculpture, Susan Marie Moning, unschooling
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A few words about museums
The first art museum I consciously remember visiting was when I was a Sophomore in College studying abroad. It was the KunstHistorische Museum in Vienna, which we went to as part of the Art History class we were taking. That … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged andy warhol, art, art history, Ben, chicago, ford foundation, georgia o'keefe, learning, life learning, london, Maya, museum, plays, shakespeare, troilus & cressida, unschooling, vienna
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