Should you journal digitally? :: Renaissance Art
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Monday, July 20, 2015
Post No. 038 : Arthur's Email : 5775.04.04
Post No. 037 : Expeditions to the Soul (3) : 5775.04.04
The envelope of darkness
Early morning sweetness
Only the urge to write aroused
While the rest sleep
And then the words can find their mark
And cleanse the paths and streets
Of tortured prisoners
Now released
Early morning sweetness
Only the urge to write aroused
While the rest sleep
And then the words can find their mark
And cleanse the paths and streets
Of tortured prisoners
Now released
Friday, July 17, 2015
Post No. 036 : Arthur's Email : 5775.05.01
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Thursday, July 16, 2015
Post No. 035 : Expeditions to the Soul (2) : 5775.04.29
Day of Hope,
I open the door,
Bright sun, cool breeze, fresh air
The journal cover rotates
On its hinges of supple leather
The Tomoe River calm
Catches glints of light
From sparking eyes
I open the door,
Bright sun, cool breeze, fresh air
The journal cover rotates
On its hinges of supple leather
The Tomoe River calm
Catches glints of light
From sparking eyes
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Post No. 034 : Expeditions to the Soul : 5775.04.29
Night of the soul,
A rainbow of pigment,
A river of inks,
A stream of consciousness.
The energy flows from mind to fingers,
Electric inpulses transformed to letters,
Who will read the secrets of our hearts?
Wind: blow! Waves: shatter!
The storm within pounds onto the shore
of crushed cotton rags and stomped linen loins
The trees bent and shattered
Store the treasure trove of humbled minds.
Oh, let the haughty be put to shame
Simple words will triumph
Where mountains have stumbled
Lava and dust, molten missteps.
Renaissance Art journals can be your beacon to the world.
A rainbow of pigment,
A river of inks,
A stream of consciousness.
The energy flows from mind to fingers,
Electric inpulses transformed to letters,
Who will read the secrets of our hearts?
Wind: blow! Waves: shatter!
The storm within pounds onto the shore
of crushed cotton rags and stomped linen loins
The trees bent and shattered
Store the treasure trove of humbled minds.
Oh, let the haughty be put to shame
Simple words will triumph
Where mountains have stumbled
Lava and dust, molten missteps.
Renaissance Art journals can be your beacon to the world.
Post No. 033 : The Pen IS the Sword : 5775.04.28.4
Arhur sent out an email today asking:
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There are lots of things that can get us stuck when writing in our journals… not knowing what to write, when to write, the value of what we write, etc.
So what has you stuck?
Click this link HERE and let me know.
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What gets me stuck is something that I can't articulate. If I could find words that describe the opposing force, I could conquer it, subjugate it, make it work for me instead of against me. But it has no name, no reality, it's a morphing nothingness, somehow different all the time while remaining the same. Only an act of pure instinctive will to fight back can get me to lift pen to paper.
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There are lots of things that can get us stuck when writing in our journals… not knowing what to write, when to write, the value of what we write, etc.
So what has you stuck?
Click this link HERE and let me know.
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What gets me stuck is something that I can't articulate. If I could find words that describe the opposing force, I could conquer it, subjugate it, make it work for me instead of against me. But it has no name, no reality, it's a morphing nothingness, somehow different all the time while remaining the same. Only an act of pure instinctive will to fight back can get me to lift pen to paper.
The email had quotes of others answering the question. A chance to peek over the shoulder of other journalists.
Someone journaling for a fresh start in life, another journaling to introduce randonmess and havoc and living life without planning -- counterintuitive to the usual uses of a journal, yet elevating in the feeling of freedom that comes from living in the notebook.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Post No. 032 : Arthur's Email : 5775.04.27 : Analysis
Arthur writes: "PS. We got so many emails of people wanting my 'Old Friend' pictured above. Well, I have another, older, Old Friend of a bag. I'll share that with you in an upcoming email."
This got me wondering. Why the interest in a weathered, beaten, bag which has stood the test of time, and been a faithful servant to its master?
I think the answer may be in what the bag is not. I'll explain based on a true story, but which I will tell abstractly, without mentioning names.
A scholar, known by many and sought after for his wisdom and guidance, was on an airplane with members of his family. Throughout the trip his grandchildren were running over to him, and treated him with awe and reverence, as well as affection.
The great man's seatmate was piqued. He said, "My grandchildren at family get-togethers barely greet me or want to have anything to do with me. What is your secret?"
The scholar was a man of sharp wit as well as sage advice. "I suspect the difference is this. I teach that the source of my knowledge is a moment in history, thousands of years ago, when this knowledge was revealed here on Earth, and that this knowledge has been passed down, generation to generation, till I acquired it. My grandchildren therefore act with reverence to me because I am two generations closer to that knowledge than they are."
He continued, "On the other hand, I suspect that your grandchildren are taught that mankind is descended from primates. They consider you two generations closer to being a monkey."
We live in a technologically advanced age. Every day new discoveries are made, and new machines are built based on those discoveries. If we then make the mistake of thinking we are somehow smarter or cleverer than those who went before us, then surely we make ourselves irrelevant in the process. If we hold on to the idea that we are merely one link in a chain going far into the past and stretching into the future, that we are minuscule beings standing on the shoulders of giants, than maybe we have a shot of gaining something from our brief sojourn in this world.
Arthur's products are a cool reminder that nothing is really new under the sun. Research online and you can find pictures of book covers that have survived more than a millenia that seem to be brothers to something right off Arthur's website.
Arthur's bag is important precisely because it's not an artifact from a space mission, not the signed autograph of a star of sports, music, or the theater, not something that was cool in its day and now been superceded. His bag is something that reminds us of the timeless nature of the important things in life.
This got me wondering. Why the interest in a weathered, beaten, bag which has stood the test of time, and been a faithful servant to its master?
I think the answer may be in what the bag is not. I'll explain based on a true story, but which I will tell abstractly, without mentioning names.
A scholar, known by many and sought after for his wisdom and guidance, was on an airplane with members of his family. Throughout the trip his grandchildren were running over to him, and treated him with awe and reverence, as well as affection.
The great man's seatmate was piqued. He said, "My grandchildren at family get-togethers barely greet me or want to have anything to do with me. What is your secret?"
The scholar was a man of sharp wit as well as sage advice. "I suspect the difference is this. I teach that the source of my knowledge is a moment in history, thousands of years ago, when this knowledge was revealed here on Earth, and that this knowledge has been passed down, generation to generation, till I acquired it. My grandchildren therefore act with reverence to me because I am two generations closer to that knowledge than they are."
He continued, "On the other hand, I suspect that your grandchildren are taught that mankind is descended from primates. They consider you two generations closer to being a monkey."
We live in a technologically advanced age. Every day new discoveries are made, and new machines are built based on those discoveries. If we then make the mistake of thinking we are somehow smarter or cleverer than those who went before us, then surely we make ourselves irrelevant in the process. If we hold on to the idea that we are merely one link in a chain going far into the past and stretching into the future, that we are minuscule beings standing on the shoulders of giants, than maybe we have a shot of gaining something from our brief sojourn in this world.
Arthur's products are a cool reminder that nothing is really new under the sun. Research online and you can find pictures of book covers that have survived more than a millenia that seem to be brothers to something right off Arthur's website.
Arthur's bag is important precisely because it's not an artifact from a space mission, not the signed autograph of a star of sports, music, or the theater, not something that was cool in its day and now been superceded. His bag is something that reminds us of the timeless nature of the important things in life.
Post No. 031 : Arthur's Email : 5775.04.27
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Monday, July 13, 2015
Post No. 030 : Arthur's Email : 5775.04.26 : Analysis
Arthur has written about listening to oneself, so that others will listen.
Arthur has written that a thought that is not noted may get hidden and lost.
He illustrates these concepts with the example of his dog, Alex. When Alex craves attention, that is the time to give him attention. The "journal" of the dog's soul is open, so to speak. If Arthur adds to that journal, then his dog will return at a future point for more attention.
And if not, the opportunity is gone, and enough opportunities missed and there may not be more.
By treating creatures with mercy, putting aside the activity at hand and not berating them for poor timing, we can ensure that we will be treated with mercy.
I pray that the time comes that a healthy and strong Eiger comes to play in the RA workshop.
Arthur has written that a thought that is not noted may get hidden and lost.
He illustrates these concepts with the example of his dog, Alex. When Alex craves attention, that is the time to give him attention. The "journal" of the dog's soul is open, so to speak. If Arthur adds to that journal, then his dog will return at a future point for more attention.
And if not, the opportunity is gone, and enough opportunities missed and there may not be more.
By treating creatures with mercy, putting aside the activity at hand and not berating them for poor timing, we can ensure that we will be treated with mercy.
I pray that the time comes that a healthy and strong Eiger comes to play in the RA workshop.
Post No. 029 : Arthur's Email : 5775.04.26
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Post No. 028 : I will never... : 5775.04.25 : Continued
Continued from Post No. 026
I think that writing sentences over and over can have value. But the value is not from negative reinforcement. The value is not because the student is aware he will experience the pain of writing sentences if he misbehaves. That he's risking being bored, coerced, missing recess, and being subjected to injustice if he doesn't shape up.
The value is a positive impact on the student. It is a critical step in the three-part process leading from thought, to language, to action. A future post will explore this three-part process, and the importance of timing it. This post will exlore the second step, language, and how writing sentences has to do with the power of expressed language, the resistance to command, and the momentum of habits.
Power of Expressed Language
Definition: Expressed language is language that is spoken and/or written. Unexpressed language is language that is thought.
When something is articulated and spoken or written it has a power in and of itself to make an impact. In the case under discussion, a student is writing down language that has to do with the future, such as, "I will not pass notes in class."
This language has power. What power will be discussed later. For now, think of it as potential power. It is language that is charged up like a battery.
Resistance to Command
Definition: A command is a statement to someone to do, or not to do, something.
One who is commanded cannot be compared to one who is not commanded. There's a natural resistance within a person to following a command. In our case, the student is being commanded not to pass notes in class. Thus, the student has a part of him that is resisting this order, and feels drawn to passing notes in class.
Momentum of Habits
Definition: A habit is a repetitive activity a person does without overmuch examination of his motive and with minimal conscious effort.
Something which is done four or five times can become a habit. Thus, habits have a momentum of their own. An object in motion tends to stay in motion. A habit tends to reinforce itself. When the reinforcement is synchronized, the habit begins to resonate and the resistance to comman increases till the threshold level where the resistance then falls to zero, and then to negative levels.
Now, lets return to our student writing his one hundred sentences to illustrate these three ideas: power of expressed language, resistance to command, and momentum of habits.
To be continued
I think that writing sentences over and over can have value. But the value is not from negative reinforcement. The value is not because the student is aware he will experience the pain of writing sentences if he misbehaves. That he's risking being bored, coerced, missing recess, and being subjected to injustice if he doesn't shape up.
The value is a positive impact on the student. It is a critical step in the three-part process leading from thought, to language, to action. A future post will explore this three-part process, and the importance of timing it. This post will exlore the second step, language, and how writing sentences has to do with the power of expressed language, the resistance to command, and the momentum of habits.
Power of Expressed Language
Definition: Expressed language is language that is spoken and/or written. Unexpressed language is language that is thought.
When something is articulated and spoken or written it has a power in and of itself to make an impact. In the case under discussion, a student is writing down language that has to do with the future, such as, "I will not pass notes in class."
This language has power. What power will be discussed later. For now, think of it as potential power. It is language that is charged up like a battery.
Resistance to Command
Definition: A command is a statement to someone to do, or not to do, something.
One who is commanded cannot be compared to one who is not commanded. There's a natural resistance within a person to following a command. In our case, the student is being commanded not to pass notes in class. Thus, the student has a part of him that is resisting this order, and feels drawn to passing notes in class.
Momentum of Habits
Definition: A habit is a repetitive activity a person does without overmuch examination of his motive and with minimal conscious effort.
Something which is done four or five times can become a habit. Thus, habits have a momentum of their own. An object in motion tends to stay in motion. A habit tends to reinforce itself. When the reinforcement is synchronized, the habit begins to resonate and the resistance to comman increases till the threshold level where the resistance then falls to zero, and then to negative levels.
Now, lets return to our student writing his one hundred sentences to illustrate these three ideas: power of expressed language, resistance to command, and momentum of habits.
To be continued
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Post No. 027: Arthur's Email : 5775.04.25
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Saturday, July 11, 2015
Post No. 026 : I will never... : 5775.04.25
Some teachers mete out punishments. Like having the student write the same sentence over and over.
For example, the sentence: "I will not pass notes in class."
The teacher catches a student passing notes. The teacher wants the student to feel discomfort for his action. Writing the same thing over and over is boring. Being coerced is ditasteful. Missing recess or staying after school is no fun. Writing something the student disagrees with is downright unjust. Writing sentences is thus uncomfortable in many ways.
The teacher may hope the student will internalize the message. The whole time the student is writing, which could be, say, 30 minutes to write the sentence one hundred times, the student may be thinking: "Why am I doing this? I hate it!" And the answer he may give himself: "Because I broke a classroom rule."
Does writing sentences deter future behavior? I don't think it would work for me. I think I'd be more likely to exhibit the behavior. That's because I like to think that when I misbehaved in school it was a calculated crime designed to send the message that I thought the teacher, school, and/or curriculum was out of order. Having found an activity that annoyed the system was more likely to lead me to repeat that activity than to become averse to doing it because I suffered some punishment for doing it in the past. The discomfort of being in the school to begin with overshadowed any punishment the administration could send my way.
For a student that misbehaves because he doesn't think before he acts, the punishment of writing over and over wouldn't seem to work, either. For students like that, nothing works.
For a student that misbehaves because it feels good, sentence writing won't deter, either. Even if he realizes he will have to write sentences, he will still misbehave. Because he likes misbehaving.
So what possible value can writing sentences have?! Is it just to make the teacher feel good that he or she managed to prove that he or she is boss in the classroom?
I think that writing sentences can have value. But the value is not from negative reinforcement. The value is not because the student is aware he will experience the pain of writing sentences if he misbehaves. That he's risking being bored, coerced, missing recess, and being subjected to injustice if he doesn't shape up.
The value is a positive impact on the student. The reason writing sentences can work has to do with the power of expressed language, the resistance to command, and the momentum of habits. In Post No. 028 we will explore these three concepts in more detail and draw a lesson that will apply to Journaling in America.
For example, the sentence: "I will not pass notes in class."
The teacher catches a student passing notes. The teacher wants the student to feel discomfort for his action. Writing the same thing over and over is boring. Being coerced is ditasteful. Missing recess or staying after school is no fun. Writing something the student disagrees with is downright unjust. Writing sentences is thus uncomfortable in many ways.
The teacher may hope the student will internalize the message. The whole time the student is writing, which could be, say, 30 minutes to write the sentence one hundred times, the student may be thinking: "Why am I doing this? I hate it!" And the answer he may give himself: "Because I broke a classroom rule."
Does writing sentences deter future behavior? I don't think it would work for me. I think I'd be more likely to exhibit the behavior. That's because I like to think that when I misbehaved in school it was a calculated crime designed to send the message that I thought the teacher, school, and/or curriculum was out of order. Having found an activity that annoyed the system was more likely to lead me to repeat that activity than to become averse to doing it because I suffered some punishment for doing it in the past. The discomfort of being in the school to begin with overshadowed any punishment the administration could send my way.
For a student that misbehaves because he doesn't think before he acts, the punishment of writing over and over wouldn't seem to work, either. For students like that, nothing works.
For a student that misbehaves because it feels good, sentence writing won't deter, either. Even if he realizes he will have to write sentences, he will still misbehave. Because he likes misbehaving.
So what possible value can writing sentences have?! Is it just to make the teacher feel good that he or she managed to prove that he or she is boss in the classroom?
I think that writing sentences can have value. But the value is not from negative reinforcement. The value is not because the student is aware he will experience the pain of writing sentences if he misbehaves. That he's risking being bored, coerced, missing recess, and being subjected to injustice if he doesn't shape up.
The value is a positive impact on the student. The reason writing sentences can work has to do with the power of expressed language, the resistance to command, and the momentum of habits. In Post No. 028 we will explore these three concepts in more detail and draw a lesson that will apply to Journaling in America.
Friday, July 10, 2015
Post No. 025 : Journaling not for everyone : 5775.04.23
I promote journaling. I tell people to buy RA journals.
Journaling is not for everyone, however. My experience teaches me that some people would find journaling painful to the point where it would be repulsive.
And journaling can be painful. It's like holding a mirror up to the mind and heart. And the picture may not be pretty. It's a pain to look in the mirror and realize I buttoned my shirt wrong. It's a pain to realize that when I write down about some injustice I've perceived, that my self-righteousness can peep out of the argument like straw from cracks in the walls of the barn. I can find the mansion of my mind is not the lodging of logic I supposed it was. The castle of my consciousness, may be, instead, a house of hooey.
Some people apparently are satisfied with who they are. They feel no need to reflect on anything they say or do. For them, journaling would be a pointless chore. They don't really care about what they are thinking or feeling. Arthur alluded to this in Post No. 10, and I commented on it in Post No. 11.
So, journaling is not only about building. It's about destroying, too. Starting all over, sometimes. Going back to Square One. Rebooting.
Ouch.
Journaling is not for everyone, however. My experience teaches me that some people would find journaling painful to the point where it would be repulsive.
And journaling can be painful. It's like holding a mirror up to the mind and heart. And the picture may not be pretty. It's a pain to look in the mirror and realize I buttoned my shirt wrong. It's a pain to realize that when I write down about some injustice I've perceived, that my self-righteousness can peep out of the argument like straw from cracks in the walls of the barn. I can find the mansion of my mind is not the lodging of logic I supposed it was. The castle of my consciousness, may be, instead, a house of hooey.
Some people apparently are satisfied with who they are. They feel no need to reflect on anything they say or do. For them, journaling would be a pointless chore. They don't really care about what they are thinking or feeling. Arthur alluded to this in Post No. 10, and I commented on it in Post No. 11.
So, journaling is not only about building. It's about destroying, too. Starting all over, sometimes. Going back to Square One. Rebooting.
Ouch.
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Post No. 024 : Some thoughts on using an RA journal : 5774.04.23
The journals I use have two parts. There is the insert and the cover.
The insert is the paper. I make my own inserts from store bought paper.
The cover is made from leather. The cover is made by RA.
When I finish writing in an insert, I remove it, store it, and replace it with a new insert.
There is a paradox in my journaling. On the one hand, the RA cover lends immediacy and importance to my journaling. The cover is constantly in use. On the other hand, the meat of the journal, what I write, is removed from its leather cocoon for storage.
Historically, leather protected writings have lasted hundreds and thousands of years. How does the re-using of a few covers protect all my writings? At best, my limited collection of RA covers protect only the current inserts.
I will now resolve the apparent contradiction between permanence and impermanence, between protection and vulnerability.
Every day when I wake up in the morning, I am a new creation. Yet, I am a new creation with a past. That past includes things I've done to my credit, and things I've done to my discredit. My goal in journaling is to weed out the foreign elements, and strengthen the weak parts; to set out on a path to do right, and try to perfect my navigating that path.
Thus, everything I write in my journals is the culmination of a lifetime of work. The momentum of years is behind the movement of my pen on paper. Like a holograph, what I write today encompasses the totality of all my existence.
Thus, my current journal is the most critical one to save. Yes, I hold onto and safeguard and read my past writings, but they are just the ropes and footholds I used to climb the mountain so far. There are missteps that I'd rather be permanently blotted out, as if they never were. Where I am perched now is the critical point.
A morning will come where I do not wake up. A line will be drawn tallying up all my days, and the sum of my deeds calculated. My final journal will have been written. It is that journal that will be preserved for another generation to benefit from, or to ignore.
Renaissance Arts sells inserts for their journals. RA sells blanks inserts. RA sells inserts for specific interests.
Here is a link to an RA webpage for blank inserts, and a quote from that page:
http://www.renaissance-art.com/prod92/product.aspx
"There are two schools of thought regarding Journals. One says that the pages become jealous when removed and forced to share the cover with a new set of pages.
"But sometimes, we grow so accustomed to using our Journal, the idea of 'breaking in' a new one just doesn’t seem right. It’s OK… we make Refillable Journals to solve this dilemma. Our refills come in 4 standard sizes with hand torn pages of acid-free, 100% cotton rag paper. They are hand stitched onto a tag board cover to slide into your leather cover. Our refills, like all of our books, lay flat when open. Receive a 20% discount on refills when you order a Refillable Journal. "
The insert is the paper. I make my own inserts from store bought paper.
The cover is made from leather. The cover is made by RA.
When I finish writing in an insert, I remove it, store it, and replace it with a new insert.
There is a paradox in my journaling. On the one hand, the RA cover lends immediacy and importance to my journaling. The cover is constantly in use. On the other hand, the meat of the journal, what I write, is removed from its leather cocoon for storage.
Historically, leather protected writings have lasted hundreds and thousands of years. How does the re-using of a few covers protect all my writings? At best, my limited collection of RA covers protect only the current inserts.
I will now resolve the apparent contradiction between permanence and impermanence, between protection and vulnerability.
Every day when I wake up in the morning, I am a new creation. Yet, I am a new creation with a past. That past includes things I've done to my credit, and things I've done to my discredit. My goal in journaling is to weed out the foreign elements, and strengthen the weak parts; to set out on a path to do right, and try to perfect my navigating that path.
Thus, everything I write in my journals is the culmination of a lifetime of work. The momentum of years is behind the movement of my pen on paper. Like a holograph, what I write today encompasses the totality of all my existence.
Thus, my current journal is the most critical one to save. Yes, I hold onto and safeguard and read my past writings, but they are just the ropes and footholds I used to climb the mountain so far. There are missteps that I'd rather be permanently blotted out, as if they never were. Where I am perched now is the critical point.
A morning will come where I do not wake up. A line will be drawn tallying up all my days, and the sum of my deeds calculated. My final journal will have been written. It is that journal that will be preserved for another generation to benefit from, or to ignore.
Renaissance Arts sells inserts for their journals. RA sells blanks inserts. RA sells inserts for specific interests.
Here is a link to an RA webpage for blank inserts, and a quote from that page:
http://www.renaissance-art.com/prod92/product.aspx
"There are two schools of thought regarding Journals. One says that the pages become jealous when removed and forced to share the cover with a new set of pages.
"But sometimes, we grow so accustomed to using our Journal, the idea of 'breaking in' a new one just doesn’t seem right. It’s OK… we make Refillable Journals to solve this dilemma. Our refills come in 4 standard sizes with hand torn pages of acid-free, 100% cotton rag paper. They are hand stitched onto a tag board cover to slide into your leather cover. Our refills, like all of our books, lay flat when open. Receive a 20% discount on refills when you order a Refillable Journal. "
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Post No. 023 : Arthur's Email : 5775.04.21 : Analysis
A fruit can be thought of as an outside part and an inside part. The inside is the "meat" or the "flesh" of the fruit. The outside is the "skin" or the "peel".
Sometimes we have an intense experience. Outside, the weather, the sights and sounds, and memories combine to give a total experience greater than the parts. Or we put together two ideas to come up with a third. The experience, the new knowledge, can be overwhelming.
We search for some way to contain the moment, to collect it in a vessel.
By journaling, we put the skin around the meat, we create a cup to hold the wine.
Without a journal in hand to write in, we can feel exposed, purposeless, just another object in the world buffeted by forces of nature and of the intellect. With the ability to write and reflect, we gain control over creation.
Sometimes we have an intense experience. Outside, the weather, the sights and sounds, and memories combine to give a total experience greater than the parts. Or we put together two ideas to come up with a third. The experience, the new knowledge, can be overwhelming.
We search for some way to contain the moment, to collect it in a vessel.
By journaling, we put the skin around the meat, we create a cup to hold the wine.
Without a journal in hand to write in, we can feel exposed, purposeless, just another object in the world buffeted by forces of nature and of the intellect. With the ability to write and reflect, we gain control over creation.
Post No. 022 : Arthur's Email : 5775.04.21
What makes me feel naked :: Renaissance Art
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Post No. 021 : Arthur's Email : 5775.04.20
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Monday, July 6, 2015
Post No. 020 : Arthur's Email : 5775.04.19 : Analysis
There's a lot to say here, so I may revisit this analysis and add to it later.
Arthur writes the following quote:
There's a concept that everything we'll ever learn we learned already in the womb, and forgot it when we entered the light of the world. All learning is then remembering. Thus, there are moments where we trigger the lightning and things become clear for a moment.
We must rush through life, because there is not a moment to waste. But if we rush through life withought thinking, we'll miss those lightning moments, walking right by without ever noticing what we missed. There is a lack of seeing that comes from being in darkness, and a lack of seeing that comes from our willfilly closing our eyes, or averting our eyesight.
I always tell my students they need time to absorb what they learn, to reflect on it. The world was spoken into existence, and all the world is a message to us. We harbor within our hearts the ability to interpret that message, and through our speech to articulate that message, amd record it in a journal.
In a recent post, I mentioned I researched online for videos on journaling. In this video
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AdplzSDgcZw
John Siddique tells a story how aborigines were acting as guides. At one point, they simply took a break. It turned out "they needed time for their souls to catch up with their bodies."
Arthur writes the following quote:
Deepak Chopra writes,"Why do we try so hard to learn when all we have to do is remember"
We must rush through life, because there is not a moment to waste. But if we rush through life withought thinking, we'll miss those lightning moments, walking right by without ever noticing what we missed. There is a lack of seeing that comes from being in darkness, and a lack of seeing that comes from our willfilly closing our eyes, or averting our eyesight.
I always tell my students they need time to absorb what they learn, to reflect on it. The world was spoken into existence, and all the world is a message to us. We harbor within our hearts the ability to interpret that message, and through our speech to articulate that message, amd record it in a journal.
In a recent post, I mentioned I researched online for videos on journaling. In this video
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AdplzSDgcZw
John Siddique tells a story how aborigines were acting as guides. At one point, they simply took a break. It turned out "they needed time for their souls to catch up with their bodies."
Post No. 019 : Arthur's Email : 5775.04.19
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