Avoid the Abyss of Indifference
what an invigorating night... just finished walking with the old folks [get outside! get outside! such a foggy moon out- and right past Botanical Gardens it smells like damp manure {Parksville!!}], racing with my Dad down Classon Avenue- amazing that the old man can still beat me ;)
Anyway, really wonderful visitors this Shabbos- amidst the comings and goings of Friday night's older crowd and shabbos afternoon's "16ers" i had an idea....
as usual school came up and the general pedagogical strategy was analyzed, defended and critiqued. Both the trauma of the elder alumni and the current experiences of younger high schoolers were discussed at length.... fascinating discussion ensued... anyway- next weekend i head to jersey to outline the basic approach of the new hebrew school curriculum that i've been working on...the esteemed hersons of basking ridge and i have been bouncing ideas back and forth and i've been writing the project outline for months. i'd love to get some feedback from y'all. i listen to moo's friends and my own ex-classmates all the time- make changes, write notes, modify... and it really helps. anyone want to share any ideas, thoughts, and "do nots" that might enhance my own depth and breadth of understanding on this project?
oh and good book i read this weekend the gnostic discoveries- if you liked the historic references in the da vinci code or have any archeological interests in the nag hammadi scrolls- its really fascinating.... lea we missed you. love to all in the san fran universe- and ask yummy and per if they could give you my chick-lit slipper that i left in their apt. in izz. [cuz i'll for sure forget to tell you this when i speak to you].
shavuah tov and namastei.
"the joke is on the sun"
as the game continues you
should seek to say ever more clearly
what you truly
believe
even if what you truly
believe
turns out to be
wrong.
it can be a hazardous
and difficult
task.
but
if you can't laugh
at the impossible odds
we all endure as
we seek to understand
and know
then you will
surely sleep
restless
in the
coffin.
Anyway, really wonderful visitors this Shabbos- amidst the comings and goings of Friday night's older crowd and shabbos afternoon's "16ers" i had an idea....
as usual school came up and the general pedagogical strategy was analyzed, defended and critiqued. Both the trauma of the elder alumni and the current experiences of younger high schoolers were discussed at length.... fascinating discussion ensued... anyway- next weekend i head to jersey to outline the basic approach of the new hebrew school curriculum that i've been working on...the esteemed hersons of basking ridge and i have been bouncing ideas back and forth and i've been writing the project outline for months. i'd love to get some feedback from y'all. i listen to moo's friends and my own ex-classmates all the time- make changes, write notes, modify... and it really helps. anyone want to share any ideas, thoughts, and "do nots" that might enhance my own depth and breadth of understanding on this project?
oh and good book i read this weekend the gnostic discoveries- if you liked the historic references in the da vinci code or have any archeological interests in the nag hammadi scrolls- its really fascinating.... lea we missed you. love to all in the san fran universe- and ask yummy and per if they could give you my chick-lit slipper that i left in their apt. in izz. [cuz i'll for sure forget to tell you this when i speak to you].
shavuah tov and namastei.
"the joke is on the sun"
as the game continues you
should seek to say ever more clearly
what you truly
believe
even if what you truly
believe
turns out to be
wrong.
it can be a hazardous
and difficult
task.
but
if you can't laugh
at the impossible odds
we all endure as
we seek to understand
and know
then you will
surely sleep
restless
in the
coffin.
posted by HindiK at 10:30 PM
5 Comments:
Indifference is a pinnacle not an abyss!
heya girly--
i'm touched that you mist me. SF is grand, a lil wet, but the company is great...
does this mean that the long anticipated BR visit is finally happening?! forget the car. you need to take the the NJ Transit, stop at Summit for 2 hrs, and meditate on the Use Your Illusion 2 cd inside your discman. that is the only way to return to BR. Sayanora, sista, and see you upon return. Let me know if any Golden Gate souvenirs tickle your fancy.
What we know is very much a function of the company we keep. The company we keep informs us of who we are as we participate in a common language and the cultural conventions that are particular to each community. The production of meaning depends upon the knowledge that is shared by a community.
Such knowledge is constructed by the community's belief system, worldview, use of language, and by how members are positioned in their own culture. The community is instrumental in the ways in which we come to describe or otherwise account for the world. Such ways are derived from historically situated linguistic symbolic interactions with others.
I finally made it to your blog.. a long time since we parted from that hazy night out in jerusalem.. (i have only fond memories :-) )
Hindy its amazing. I love your poem... i am looking forward to reading the rest.
By the way, i wanted to thank you because you gave me the motivation to write a peice about my views on going to seminary.. it didn't turn out quite the way i expected, it was so positive i had to sit back and reflect on why, and i realised its because i really was enjoying myself despite all my reservations.
take care
chana
i like that..sounds like the lyrics of a blues or folk song. or maybe a differnt genre but in any case i think it could work well to music...
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