We are so back with another list of things I liked this month, this time featuring a spinner! The idea is, you spin the spinner and are presented with a link to something I enjoyed. Kill some time, check out some neat stuff. Everything has a link associated with it, so grab your board and get read to surf the web! Don't worry, I made sure they're not linking to any bullshit virus littered websites. The act of turning your joy into a list you're going to share with people really makes you think about how you spend your time. You spend a day reading and researching and engaging with art and come away with a handful of items to add to the list, but you spend a few hours doomscrolling and go "hm. Didn't add anything. Is this really how I want to spend my time?" Also, I'd go to put something on the list and stop to think "did I really engage fully with this? If my friend checks it out from my blog post and comes back with a conversation, will I be able to...
Iron Gwazi memorized a poem, without a copy of the poem present. i felt it was time to be that kind of guy. it was challenging because i am bad at memorizing things and the structure and grammar of this poem are strange. and also i did not have the poem on hand. i went back later to check my mistakes. i used memorization strategies i learned in the acting class i took my last semester of college. the poem from memory: Me up at does out of the floor quietly Stare a poisoned mouse still who alive is asking What have i done that You wouldn’t have i checked and my only mistake is the grouping of the last couple stanzas (yay!). discovering memorizing a poem really makes you think through Why the poet made each decision and their impacts and reverberations and ways in which they pet your fur backwards and why and so on. i think i recommend trying it? i get why people do it, anyhow. from here i’d like to get better at actually reciting this poem; i still have to stop and think about most of t...