I am continuously impressed by the works of some artists that rely on auto-tune as their primary means of composition. From explaining the need to send man to Mars to making one ordinary man an overnight sensation for his double-rainbow encounter, the creativity level has continued to rise. This is the most recent video by [...]
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I Can No Longer Deny My Frustration with “Groupthink” Politics
I avoid making posts about political issues at all costs, especially in today’s partisan society. However, things I have seen and read in just the last few weeks have made it impossible for me to keep a lid on things. From the inability of Congress to act on nearly any sort of legislation to the [...]
Teaching is ‘not like making motorcars’
Sir Ken Robinson is on the offensive once more, arguing that we are facing a dangerous situation in our current global industrial style of education. It appears he gave another TED talk this year, with his last one being in 2006 which I shared here. This time around, he also gave a brief interview with [...]
“The World Needs All Kinds of Minds”
I came across another excellent TED talk, with Temple Grandin speaking about how students with autism are currently treated, and how we should be embracing their alternative methods of thinking in order to help them focus for success.
Are Schools Killing Creativity?
I don’t have a lot of time to write at the moment, but I came across this video and had to share it. Promoting creativity in schools is a strong passion of mine, and in this video Ken Robinson argues how we are currently killing creativity in children and teaching them to be afraid of [...]
Symphony of Science – The Poetry of Reality
A new Symphony of Science music video is up today. As with all of them, it takes a couple watches for it to grow on you. I hope this guy puts out a full album someday.
Chess – Dress Rehearsal
“Remember, it’s only a game! Muahahaha” Dress rehearsal tonight went very very well, minus a very fixable glitch or two. The pit and singers are working really well with each other now. It should be a great show. I’ll be running through my book to fix a thing or two, but aside from that I [...]
Chess – One Night in Bangkok
Okay, this is the final ‘Chess’ related video I’ll post. I saved the best for last! The song most people know from the musical: One Night in Bangkok.
We Go On Pretending…
New song of the day from Chess. I think this fits my feelings perfectly, lyrically. “You and I, we’ve seen it all, chasing our hearts’ desire. But we go on pretending stories like ours have happy endings.” Unfortunately I cannot embed this one, but it’s a beautiful piece of music, and a tragic way to [...]
Chess Rehearsal, Day 1
I got back from La Crosse not too long ago after the pit-only rehearsal of “Chess” at Viterbo University. Unfortunately the contract was wrong, so we got through less than half of the book before we had to call it. We were contracted until 8, however we were SUPPOSED to rehearse until 10. I would [...]