January 2012
1 post
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“The mysterious thing you look for your whole life will eventually eat you alive.”
– Laurie Anderson on Moby-Dick (via austinkleon)
December 2011
14 posts
Positively Persistent Teach: Teachers Don’t Like... →
parenttrip:
One of the most consistent findings in educational studies of creativity has been that teachers dislike personality traits associated with creativity. Research has indicated that teachers prefer traits that seem to run counter to creativity, such as conformity and unquestioning…
November 2011
20 posts
Jonah Lehrer on "the cognitive benefits of chewing... →
austinkleon:
“Given the uncanny power of gum, it seems a little silly that we don’t allow it in the classroom. (If a pill achieved these same results, we’d all be popping it.) Of course, gum is disgusting and unsightly once it becomes litter, but it also appears to be a wonderful stimulant, allowing us to benefit from the attentional boost of eating without having to swallow or ingest calories....
Watchaustinkleon:
Matt Stone And Trey Parker Crash An NYU Writing Class
Fun little video where Matt and Trey talk about the whiteboards in the South Park writers rooms, and how they break the stories into beats:
Really simple rule…we can take the beats of your outline, and if the words “and then…” belong in between those beats? You’re fucked. You got something pretty boring. What should happen in...
“Conventional wisdom holds that effective teachers write the objective of each...”
– Critical Explorers » Objectively Speaking
October 2011
79 posts
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“Contemporary art’s job is to wreck whatever came before it. And from the very...”
– John Waters
Whole interview
(via hi-lary)
