Thursday, February 22, 2018

A cool day

(Enriching music: Joy and Pain by Rob Base and DJ E Z Rock) 

Life is magnetic: Attract, repel, Yin,Yang, up, down, happy, sad, laugh, cry, quizzical, certain, joy, pain, sunshine, rain, kinetic and potential. 


In short, it is a wonderful roller coaster.

It is like Texas weather. Wait a moment, and it will change.

The other day I wrote about a day without baseball and it was not a cool day. Both days were an analogy. The other day was not cool as today was very cool. On those not cool days, I think about how there are so many that will be wonderful and bottle them in my mind. Thus is the juxtaposition we call life.    

For every negative, there is always a positive under all circumstances. You just have to see it, imbibe it, and know it is there.

Today, my birthday, was one of those. I had many hugs from children, songs, flowers, cards, gifts, and in short, love. I got "glitter bombed". This is a tradition I have with my students. On their birthdays, I surprise them and dump glitter confetti over their heads. Now, when students see glitter on the floor, they just ask: "Whose birthday was it?" They see it in someone's hair and say, "Happy Birthday." Today was mine. I felt much more glitter on the inside. It was light and joyful.

In this vein, I posted an art piece I am just beginning. Do you know what it is?  Of course not. But I do. I see it there. I know the positive beneath the stripes. There's a monkey on it playing cymbals. The cymbals are symbols. Do you fathom its potential?

See the positive potential in everything.

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Not a cool day


Today was not a cool day. All I wanted was a baseball game to see my son play and not have to think abut anything but baseball. It was rained out. We all have those days. There are many things I would post here if I were not a public school teacher. Perhaps, someday, I will. For now, as we all should, I think of the positives: My children are safe. I got many hugs from students and children. I have wonderful friends who grok me. My birthday is coming up. I'm continuing to DO. Art and writing continue. I am not bored! I will take challenges over boredom any day!

This art piece is coming along. I was happy with the new medium I used, tempera paint, dry, glue, and egg shells in part of it. There is also broken glass, acrylic. It's not finished yet. I have a few more things to add.  Moving forward!



Thursday, February 8, 2018

Always learning



Besides seeing the Falcon Heavy launch into space live with my students and teaching them about geology and rock formation, I learned a new word: epistemology. Great, meaty, word.

Now I feel as if I should write an epistle on epistemology.