"Let's put a moratorium on fun." -- my timid student Sarah, when asked to use the word "moratorium" in a sentence in a workbook.
And Ellen, summarizing an article, had some problems with a certain homonym: "Ulsan asked the International Wailing Commission to allow wailing on a limited basis."
Meanwhile, I was surfing around earlier today and found reference to something I'd explored a while back but never got around to posting (I don't think, anyway... I've been blogging long enough that I don't actually know everything I've posted, but a cursory autogoogle says "no"). I've always been into abstract art that looks like writing or maps (but isn't actually writing or maps). This is sometimes called "asemic writing" apparently, and I found an interesting commentary on "asemic art" recently at a blogger named The Nonist.
If I ever ventured to be a "real artist" in the field of visual arts, that's one sort of aesthetic I'd try to pursue, I'm pretty sure.
Hi, Jared! I like this turn of phrase. It captures my summer experience, so far: studying for my first written doc. exam (music history--4 hours) and being separated from Bob & Henry for about 5 weeks in the process. By 7/31, whatever I have stored in my little brain will have to do. I do get to take the exam in a room with a computer, at least. After that special brand of hell, I start a new church job in August (with a really nice organ) and I'll be on to studying for the 8-hour organ exam back in Indiana, which I hope to take soon after Christmas. I have to get all 3 exams done in the course of one year.
I wish we could see you State-side! I think Lisbon sounds fun, in case you are still taking votes on your list. Of course, Alaska does really need a Governor - and you've been there, before. Tough choices, but the world is your oyster and wherever you go, we look forward to being tourists vicariously through your blog.
We miss you a lot! Glad we can keep up on your musings, here...Love, Sarah G & The Boys
Posted by: Sarah | 2009.07.17 at 00:04