tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post115517002906608072..comments2023-10-29T21:28:41.709+10:30Comments on Pavlov's Cat: The best thing for being sadKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1155431401944521722006-08-13T10:40:00.000+09:302006-08-13T10:40:00.000+09:30JahTeh, that sounds beautiful.On learning things -...JahTeh, that sounds beautiful.<BR/><BR/>On learning things -- when I was still teaching at Melbourne U, I was very conscious of what a dreadful nightmare I am as a pupil/student myself, especially in something for which I have no natural aptitude (computer skills, say) -- I loathe feeling or being made to feel like a fool, and I beat myself up when I can't master something straight away. <BR/><BR/>So in order to keep reminding myself of what life was like on the receiving end of tuition for a student finding her/his way with unfamiliar material and ideas and skills, I would from time to time enrol in classes or lessons for something -- singing, screenwriting, piano (AGAIN), ballroom dancing, and the BIGGEST CHALLENGE EVER: learning to drive at 32, and I mean learning to drive at 32 on Sydney Road, Brunswick, in the winter. (Trams, wet tramlines, interstate trucks, gridlocked traffic and 8 million pedestrians.) I was neurotic about driving and rigid with fear -- but its distractions got me through the worst year of my life.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1155383192419460642006-08-12T21:16:00.000+09:302006-08-12T21:16:00.000+09:30I love covering books and boxes, although the hand...I love covering books and boxes, although the hands don't take kindly to it now. I'm in the middle of covering a box for a man's birthday in the most superb purple/burgundy brocade with gold Indian pattern. The inside is burgundy shimmer material which has been in my oddlot box forever but was the perfect match for the brocade. No wonder I can't throw anything away.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1155213284668060532006-08-10T22:04:00.000+09:302006-08-10T22:04:00.000+09:30Nice quote PC!I've taken it to heart -- even some ...Nice quote PC!<BR/><BR/>I've taken it to heart -- even some months ago. I'm doing a media course and I'll tell you it's challenging! But it's worth it.<BR/><BR/>Not only getting the results. The whole process. The questions and the disappointments -- they all add up to a great experience.Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1155201094575997692006-08-10T18:41:00.000+09:302006-08-10T18:41:00.000+09:30I might print that quote up and put it on my bulle...I might print that quote up and put it on my bulletin board above my desk so I can read it every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1155196843951430762006-08-10T17:30:00.000+09:302006-08-10T17:30:00.000+09:30OH! [clasps hands together and holds to chest] Tha...OH! <BR/>[clasps hands together and holds to chest] <BR/>That's magical. I love that book, and I will have to seek out that quote which I obviously didn't take in on the first read.<BR/><BR/>I'm writing this at work, catching my breath before I ride my treadly slowly home. I've just spent the day teaching a letterpress workshop to a group of keen and mostly older adults (not art school students) who soaked in *everything* I could give them in one day... and I was learning too, and through the day I was thinking about the idea that no matter how long you've been doing something, there's always more to learn. You must have picked up the vibes.<BR/><BR/>I love -- and support -- your vision of writing... thanks for writing this post!Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.com