Tatranka Dances
Tatranka Folkloric Group Subor Tribute to Marta Chamilova
As my folkloric teacher, Marta Chamillova, used to say "... if you want to set something afire, you must burn yourself." And as young Jan Palach observed from his deathbed..."In history there are times when action has to be taken."
You know of the disease in Central Europe called dancing disease ...
There also exists a dancing happiness of the soul. Its most dangerous
aspect is that one is unaware of its coming. That is why you have to be
careful. As soon as you notice the slightest sign of happiness, the
moment you become aware of the gain of a certain naughtiness, of
enthusiasm and zest, take it as a warning. You should realize that your
soul rejoys if you start practicing folklore steps on the way to
school. Chamillova's Tatranka
Jarne Hri
How Dance Addresses A Culture Of Suffering
“In countries where people suffer and have a rough life, they dance as a necessity instead of as an option. When you have this kind of history, this very hard background, you don’t practice art for the same reasons. It’s not a luxury; you need it, to heal yourself. I know people in Algeria who say: ‘I had to dance, or I would die.’” … [Read More]
Advent
Today is the first day of Advent.
Advent
The leaves are fallen, but the sky is clear
(Though winter’s scheduling an arctic flight).
The rumor is a rendezvous draws near.
Some say a telling sign will soon appear,
Though evidence this may be so is slight:
The leaves are fallen, but the sky is clear.
Pale skeptics may be perfectly sincere
To postulate no ground for hope, despite
The rumor that a rendezvous draws near.
More enterprising souls may shed a tear
And, looking up, behold a striking light:
The leaves are fallen, but the sky is clear.
The king, his courtiers, and priests, all fear
Arrival of a challenge to their might:
The rumor is a rendezvous draws near.
The wise in search of something all can cheer
May not rely on ordinary sight:
The leaves are fallen, but the sky is clear.
Within a common place may rest one dear
To all who yearn to see the world made right.
The leaves are fallen, but the sky is clear.
The rumor is a rendezvous draws near.
Crossing Borders by Cynthia Haven | Poetry Foundation
Arnold Schoenberg’s Musical Response to FDR
The Socratic method is much maligned these
days. (tAXpROF) I do not personally use it when teaching Tax. I use a problem
method where I lecture on a topic then assign homework problems to the
students which we then go over in the next class period.
But
I do use the Socratic method of teaching when I teach my first year
students Civil Procedure. I confess I am not great at it, but I think
that, properly used, it really helps students learn how law is both
determinate and indeterminate at the same time. It's not determinate
when you are trying to predict the legal outcome (is the deduction
allowable or no? does the court have personal jurisdiction over the
defendant or no?). But it becomes determinate once the legal authority
rules! That was the point of my post the other week about the power of fact-finding.
Here's a nice opinion piece in the Washington Post about how Socrates would not make it as a teacher in today's high schools.
