Building Comment #1
When I read this piece for the fourth and fifth time, I really got it.
SoccerLover did a great job picking something that I could really connect to. She picked a representation of life through books that I find tantalizingly fulfilling. It did leave me with a few questions, though.
- What do I think about it?
- What does it mean to me?
- Do I think this metaphor for a book is accurate or could I come up with a better one?
Ultimately, I decided to take the challenge that I thought that this post represented.
You read A Book.
Its words are an inviting whisper, a nearly unspoken calling of laughter and thought. This playful friend beckons you to get lost, without a worry for finding your way back. It is Pan and his flute. It is the harmless apple in the Garden. It is a million possibilities that never really narrow down because they always reach the furthest recesses of your mind. It is the beautiful dancer that hypnotizes you until you forget that you are watching anything, you are such a part of the moment. It is the playmate that leaves you at the bottom of the gorge, with only your wits as defense. It is the bug that crawls in your ear just before you sleep and won’t let you forget that it is there, for the buzzing. It is a hopeless cause of remembrance on every page, the whole of yourself mirrored back to you, disfigured yet satisfying.
Uncategorized | Comment (1)09.11.06
ELT:
- Write-Ons:
- Why do you think that people act differently online then they do in real life?
- How can we create a safe environment for everyone on our blogs?
- What are the inherent risks of posting to a blog once a week?
- Explore the Discovery Blogging Rules websites looking for the following:
- Creating a blogging environment without fear (of insult, of reprisal, of dishonesty).
- Creating a scholastic blogging environment.
- Creating a blogging environment based upon protection (of personal information, of identity, of unique thoughts).
- Creating a creative, non-restrictive, tolerant, and sensitive blogging environment.
- Write down aprox. 5 Blogging rules in your category that you think should be a part of the Discovery Blogging Rules.
Cores 1-4:
- Why do we memorialize some events and not others? How does society choose the things it collectively remembers?
- Getting more out of your blog:
- Personal Connection World Events:
- Commenting Back (Or Commenting on Comments)
- Continue the discussion either on their blog or on yours. This produces a conversation about your writing. It also enriches the community through true collaboration.
- Go to the library and work on your next Weekly Authentic or continue commenting discussions.