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I selected a book to read. Then I saw a review. Hm, what do other people say about this book? (I should really know better.) Friends, I read the comments and I really shouldn’t have. I don’t have any better sense of the book but I do know now that there are people out there who do not ‘believe in meditation’.

Written with many exercises and example stories from his own life that directly explain the concepts. What I really like is the constant upbeat idea is that you CAN change. And then he immediately says how.

Really, from what I can gather, if you practice these concepts a little bit every day, you will eventually incorporate them into your way of navigating through this world.

You know you are trouble (in for a good read), when the Introduction blows you away. Onward.

On the topic of what happens after death, it makes sense that you just ‘log off’ but I have found a more comfortable concept in this book on the spiritual utilities of water. It is a metaphor for dissolving and merging with the infinite.

This concept is borrowed from the natural ‘cycle’ of water, meaning the journey of raindrop to stream to river to ocean.

It’s a pleasant concept.

I am concurrently taking a course by Mr. Vilppu on a variety of subjects: live drawing, gesture, etc. I really recommend this for anyone seeking to draw outdoors, at any level.

Recently visited Winchester, VA, which is the setting of ‘Deer Hunting with Jesus’. I was there to see a rare movie and so I didn’t get a chance to see much of the town, but it was notable that the film club partnered with the town used book store for their raffle. That’s swell and community oriented.

Anyway, wouldn’t have known one bit about the town before going if it wasn’t for that book.

I know that I’m nearly halfway through but I can’t remember the page.

Recently visited Winchester, VA to see a movie at a theater there. It seems nice. The people seem nice. Glad I visited.

Still in the Introduction, sat up when I read “[Sociologist Pierre] Bourdieu built on linguistic work known as speech act theory about how humans use speech to generate action.”

I cannot wait to continue on.

While I read my paper books, finally found my e-reader plug. Soon!

From page 240:
"Astrid Lindgren's fundamental ideology, including in art, originated in the culturally radical movements of the interwar era, particularly trends within modern pedagogy and child psychology, which explored the notion of 'the whole person'. Children's books should do the same, she felt. Instead of protecting and lecturing children, they should be challenging them..."

Technical: to me, this page number is great progress, since I'm reading the e-book with a paragraph a page. Were it a paper book, I imagine I would be much further along.

Colonialism is so incredibly thorough, shaping the culture over centuries, isn't it.

Just broadening my horizons on colonization, that's all.

I'm liking the format - like a doc interview style. I just wish there were actual musical interludes. Onward...

I'm in the Preface and I find THAT fascinating.

Have been inspired to learn more about mimes and Marcel Marceau. And Etienne Decroux. Books books books...

Just read about all of the preparation that went into the creation of Sesame Street. There is a 4-part model: 1) the interaction of receptive television producers and child science experts 2) creation of specific & age appropriate curriculum 3) research to shape the program directly 4) independent measurement of children's learning

Alright. Questions in bullet form. *cracks open journal* Here we go.

"Geology was the key Science of the Victorian era, as physics was of the modern era and perhaps genetics is today, and in that era, geology texts sometimes outsold popular novels."

I think I need to see "One AM".

Described so: A simple plot. " Charlie arrives home and goes to bed. But the simplest actions ... become extremely complicated because Charlie is roaring drunk."

(Not the Tramp.)