Sharing Story with Paula J. Vaughan, M.H.

“The duty of the radical artist is to make the revolution...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:52:09 -0400

“The duty of the radical artist is to make the revolution irresistible.”

— Toni Cade Bambara

wordpainting: Nathan Fillion Powerful!

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:07:29 -0400

wordpainting:

Nathan Fillion

Powerful!

Shabbyblogs.com is Awesome Fun!

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:05:01 -0400

Florence Mary Anderson ~ from The Black Princess and Other...

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:13:11 -0400

Florence Mary Anderson ~ from The Black Princess and Other Tales from Brazil ~ 1916 ~ via

theatlantic: LeVar Burton on Bringing Reading Rainbow to the...

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:51:18 -0400

theatlantic:

LeVar Burton on Bringing Reading Rainbow to the Tech of Today

What was it like moving from public television straight into app development, a medium with an entirely different set of technical and design constraints?

BURTON: It’s very liberating, and incredibly frightening [chuckles]. Because we had to raise the money ourselves — and, obviously, working for myself is a real joy, having spent 30 years working for other people. Every ounce of what we have all put into this is going to benefit on some level us and our families. I really look at this project as what I’m gonna leave behind, and — and it’s good. It’s really, really good.

Read more. [Image: Benjamin Jackson]

Awesome: Reading Rainbow now has an iPad app.

Losing Leo Dillon ...

Wed, 30 May 2012 16:10:00 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) — Leo Dillon, the groundbreaking illustrator who became the first African-American to...

Considering Our Humanity - New Curricula Release!

Mon, 28 May 2012 17:53:00 -0400

New Curricula Release for Gifted Learners! Considering Our Humanity is an interdisciplinary,...

“What is life?It is the flash of a firefly in the night.It is...

Mon, 28 May 2012 17:48:00 -0400

“What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.”

— Crowfoot (Isapo-Muxika)

From Yahoo News - The New York Times published the adorable back...

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:58:00 -0400

From Yahoo News - The New York Times published the adorable back story about the photo—which has been hanging in the West Wing of the White House for more than three years—on Thursday, and it’s quickly become the most-emailed article on the Times’ website.

In May 2009, the child, Jacob Philadelphia, was visiting the White House with his father, a former Marine who was leaving his 2-year stint working for the National Security Council as part of the White House staff. The father asked to take a family photo with the president. Jacob said he had a question for Obama, who was then in his fifth month in office.

The Times recounts the rest:

“I want to know if my hair is just like yours,” he told Mr. Obama, so quietly that the president asked him to speak again.

Jacob did, and Mr. Obama replied, “Why don’t you touch it and see for yourself?” He lowered his head, level with Jacob, who hesitated.

“Touch it, dude!” Mr. Obama said.

As Jacob patted the presidential crown, … [White House photographer Pete] Souza snapped.

“So, what do you think?” Mr. Obama asked.

“Yes, it does feel the same,” Jacob said.

As the paper noted, President Obama has largely avoided discussing race during his first term. But the photo “is tangible evidence” that the president “remains a potent symbol for blacks, with a deep reservoir of support.”

“As a photographer, you know when you have a unique moment,” Souza told the paper. “But I didn’t realize the extent to which this one would take on a life of its own. That one became an instant favorite of the staff. I think people are struck by the fact that the president of the United States was willing to bend down and let a little boy feel his head.”

BEAUTIFUL.

Summer is a Child's Time to Dream About the Extraordinary

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:20:00 -0400

Summer means dreams to me - dreams about extraordinary subjects like fairies, mermaids, and Bigfoot....

What Makes the Perfect Children's Picture Book?

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:03:50 -0400

What makes an exceptional, extraordinary children’s picture book? The perfect marriage of art...

Bigfoot & Yeti DNA Study Gets Serious

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:46:00 -0400

Bigfoot & Yeti DNA Study Gets Serious: “A new university-backed project aims to investigate...

“When you run into barriers, first of all look inside yourself...

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:51:15 -0400

“When you run into barriers, first of all look inside yourself to see if there is something you can do. Then move beyond that. Let it be their problem. Of course that problem is going to influence you and it’s not necessarily going to be easy. We all want folks to believe in us. It’s difficult as a student if a professor doesn’t believe in you and I think we all face that difficulty, whether we’re minority students or women students or white males.

That’s where it’s so important to be inside of yourself. It’s nice to have kudos and appreciation, but unless you can look inside yourself and appreciate yourself when people start to take those rewards from you, you won’t be able to move on.

[…]

My point of view is, if I want to do something, I’m going to do it. I may have to figure out a way around it or through it. That’s also where flexibility comes into play. Maybe I can’t achieve something right now, but I still keep it in mind and I’m going to get it later.

I haven’t really dwelled on things much because to hang around back there with that disappointment is to carry it forward with you everyday. It’s not that you forget the lessons, but to hang out with them and bring them up at a moment’s notice takes away some of the enjoyment of your present time as well as what you look forward to in the future. Don’t wallow in [the past], but don’t forget it. You see patterns, you see things that happened and you put them in your tool kit.”

— Mae Jemison, M.D.

honeyforthehomeless: Charles Bukowski

Fri, 18 May 2012 22:55:36 -0400

honeyforthehomeless:

Charles Bukowski

Master of Humanities, with distinction (4.0 GPA)! All done! Time...

Fri, 18 May 2012 20:48:45 -0400

Master of Humanities, with distinction (4.0 GPA)! All done! Time for life to begin, again!

Sherlock Season 2 available to watch instantly at Masterpiece...

Fri, 18 May 2012 20:46:47 -0400

Sherlock Season 2 available to watch instantly at Masterpiece PBS.org! I watched A Scandal in Belgravia this afternoon and it’s fantastic! I was pleasantly surprised to learn it was less dominatrix and more tender than I’ve read. It was truly fun and fascinating.

Please note these watch instantly videos have June 19th expirations dates!

Enjoy!!

“The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.” — Maria...

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:19:18 -0400

“The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.”

— Maria Montessori, M.D.

artist-confessions: Happy early or late Mother’s Day, whenever...

Wed, 16 May 2012 20:11:14 -0400

artist-confessions:

Happy early or late Mother’s Day, whenever this happens to be posted :)

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Wed, 16 May 2012 19:43:12 -0400

I KNOW!! WHAT’S UP WITH THIS??? As a mythologist, I found...

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:00:00 -0400

I KNOW!! WHAT’S UP WITH THIS???

As a mythologist, I found this chilling. Very chilling…

blackkolors: