November 24, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Train to Let Go Of What’s Not Yours: loss is one of our deepest fears. Ignorance and pretending don’t make things any better. They just mean the loss will be all the more jarring when it occurs. Train to Let Go Of What’s Not Yours: loss is one of our deepest fears. Ignorance and pretending don’t make things any better. They just mean the loss will be all the more jarring when it occurs.
November 23, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Attachments are the Enemy: “in short, you must remember this – that if you hold anything dear outside of your own reasoned choice, you will have destroyed your capacity for choice.” Attachments are the Enemy: “in short, you must remember this – that if you hold anything dear outside of your own reasoned choice, you will have destroyed your capacity for choice.”
November 23, 2017July 8, 2019lizziefortin2 Comments on Relevancy and Student Empowerment Relevancy and Student Empowerment
November 22, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on The Glass is Already Broken: devastation- that feeling that we’re absolutely crushed and shocked by an event – is a factor of how unlikely we considered that event in the first place. The Glass is Already Broken: devastation- that feeling that we’re absolutely crushed and shocked by an event – is a factor of how unlikely we considered that event in the first place.
November 21, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Once is Enough, Once is Forever: don’t try and grab that moment and hold on to it with all your might. It’s not under your control how long it lasts. Enjoy it, recognize it, remember it. Having it for a moment is the same as having it forever. Once is Enough, Once is Forever: don’t try and grab that moment and hold on to it with all your might. It’s not under your control how long it lasts. Enjoy it, recognize it, remember it. Having it for a moment is the same as having it forever.
November 20, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Behold, Now as Ever: “If you’ve seen the present, you’ve seen all things, from time immemorial into all of eternity. For everything that happens is related and is the same.” Behold, Now as Ever: “If you’ve seen the present, you’ve seen all things, from time immemorial into all of eternity. For everything that happens is related and is the same.”
November 19, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Maxims From Three Wise Men: pretend that each event – whether desired or unexpected – was willed to happen, willed specifically for you. Maxims From Three Wise Men: pretend that each event – whether desired or unexpected – was willed to happen, willed specifically for you.
November 17, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Judge Not, Lest…: our faults are in our control, and so we turn to philosophy to help scrape them off like barnacles from the hull of a ship Judge Not, Lest…: our faults are in our control, and so we turn to philosophy to help scrape them off like barnacles from the hull of a ship
November 16, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Everything is Change: embrace that. Flow with it. Everything is Change: embrace that. Flow with it.
November 16, 2017July 8, 2019lizziefortin1 Comment on What if we taught AP Studio Art like a “real” college class? What if we taught AP Studio Art like a “real” college class?
