Archives: 2007 May

Oh my! Been looking up specifically visual-spatial thinking, and was shocked to find, in the descriptions I was reading, so much of not only my daughter but myself. I got these ‘aha’ moments, these moments of  - ’so that’s what it was all about’, ‘it all comes together now’. 
The Visual-Spatial Learner in School, by Betty Maxwell: [...]

What a talented artist! Award-winning. And based in Ottawa, home of quite a few talented artists. http://www.kristygordon.com/

Graham © 2006 Kristy Gordon, Oil on canvas.

Garibaldi Trail © 2004 Kristy Gordon, Oil on canvas.
She’s with Nick Cross, who’s a friend of a friend of mine, Suzanne Marsden. Troy Little is one of their friends too. They’re all very talented animators, cartoonists [...]

Al Gore, former vice-president,  plugs his new book ‘The Assault on Reason’ and dubs Jon Stewart court jester, free to criticize the news media which is clearly being manipulated by the government… 
“If you want to get through a lot of the nonsense and get to the heart of what the most important news of the day is, this [...]

http://www.answers.com/topic/diagnostic-and-statistical-manual-of-mental-disorders 
The DSM has seen criticisms through the years. A Columbia University team headed by Robert Spitzer, an editor of the DSM, acknowledges a concern about the DSM in their annual report of 2001, “Problems with the current DSM-IV categorical (present vs. absent) approach to the classification of personality disorders have long been recognized by clinicians [...]

The following Zen/Taoist stories from: http://www.rider.edu/~suler/zenstory/zenframe.html
DESTINY
During a momentous battle, a Japanese general decided to attack even though his army was greatly outnumbered. He was confident they would win, but his men were filled with doubt. On the way to the battle, they stopped at a religious shrine. After praying with the men, the general took [...]

Philosophy is a walk on the slippery rocks
Religion is a light in the fog
I’m not aware of too many things
I know what I know, if you know what I meanWhat I am is what I am
Are you what you are or what?- Edie Brickell and New Bohemians
Have you heard of the book, and now the DVD, [...]