Source: rstevens
I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas.
15 hours ago
| Notes: 92
"
There are these: the blue
skirts of the ocean walking in now, almost
to the edge of town,
and a thousand birds, in their incredible wings
which they think nothing of, crying out
that the day is long, the fish are plentiful.
And friends, being as kind as friends can be,
striving to lift the darkness.
Forgive me, Lord of honeysuckle, of trees,
of notebooks, of typewriters, of music,
that there are also these:
the lover, the singer, the poet
asleep in the shadows.
- A Note Left on the Door by Mary Oliver, in Thirst (via growing-orbits)
16 hours ago
| Notes: 37
"Shall I be raised from death, the spirit asks.
And the sun says yes.
And the desert answers
your voice is sand scattered in wind."
- Louise Glück, from “Afterword” (via growing-orbits)
16 hours ago
| Notes: 18
Source: muchsamlove.blogspot.comPictures via
***
“Sometimes I dream of a tree,
And the tree is my life.
One branch is the man I shall marry
And the leaves are my children.
Another branch is my future as a writer
And each leaf is a poem.
Another branch is a glittering academic career.
But as I sit there, trying to choose,
The leaves begin to turn brown and blow away
Until the tree is absolutely bare.”***
Opening sequence from the movie “Sylvia”
17 hours ago
| Notes: 64
17 hours ago
| Notes: 113
"The real issue, of course, is not social media but learning. Specifically, the fact that our schools are disconnected from young learners and how their learning practices are evolving. The decision to block social media is inconsistent with how students use social media as a powerful node in their learning network. Can social media be a distraction in the classroom? Absolutely. Will some students access questionable content if given the opportunity? Yes. But many students use social media to enhance their learning, expand the reach of the classroom, find the things they ‘need to know,’ and fashion their own personal learning networks. We have met students who have used YouTube to learn how to play a musical instrument—a not so insignificant fact for students whose families can not afford private music lessons. We have seen students use YouTube to help them pursue an interest in building their own gaming computer or share a multi-media project that they developed. Last summer I wrote about students from this same school and how they created a dynamic learning community to support their interest in creating games. Many of them shared YouTube videos with each other in order to learn how to use the game authoring software, GameSalad. (Because it was a summer program, the students and their teacher successfully lobbied to have YouTube unblocked)."
4 days ago
| Notes: 440
Source: thanksforteaching.usWe’re thanking teachers all over the world by sharing the actions, dreams, and passions that they’ve inspired.
Ahhh! I had just posted about this. Taking mine down to reblog instead.
Signal boost!
4 days ago
| Notes: 555
The Evil Dead took over Facebook in Tumblr artist Daniel Sotomayor’s new “groovy” shirt design. On sale today only (1/27) at RIPT for $10.
Groovy by Daniel Sotomayor (RedBubble) (Facebook) (Twitter)
Via: gamefreaksnz
(via lumber)
Source: secure.riptapparel.com