Inspirations from Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Free social Justice webinars, The Hurley Sisters, Fencers, Field Trip Kyoto Japan, Kintsugi, To see a family that is Keeping one form of Silk printing alive, Hermes, People made their own Paintbrushes, History, Depression Hates a Moving Target, Bipolar and running with Her Dog, Nita Sweeney on getting through the Troughs of life, Making Surfboards from Trash in NH, Ben Moon and Denali, Donating Shoes for Kids: Catie's Closet, Shoes that Fit
"Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This is a great article on a good companion and what they can provide in security and friendship over the years of a partnership.
6 free social justice webinars.
Sport Inspiration
The Hurley sisters, fencers. Instagram.
https://www.papersource.com/media/pdf/paper-source-window-decor-coloring-sheets.pdf
https://www.papersource.com/media/pdf/paper-source-gray-malin-coloring-sheets.pdf
Music for your ears from Around the Globe
Sounds of the Forest
Sounds of the Forest
Help us create the first ever forest soundmap of the world!
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Pianoforte, by Christoph Niemann, is based on his NYT Magazine essay about his love of playing (and struggling with his) piano. |
The Japanese language
Field Trip-Koyoto
Moriyoshi Nose is a marble print master in Kyoto, Japan. He dyes silk and other fabrics for fashion brands like Hermès. Marble printing is a complex process and a dying craft in the era of inkjet printing. But Nose hopes to keep the tradition alive by passing his knowledge on to one of his sons. We visit Nose at his Kyoto Marble workshop to see how the artisan works.
https://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/ana-the-japanese-silk-marbling-technique-being-used-by-hermes
Kintsugi
In Japanese culture, there is a mending technique that uses a precious metal - liquid gold, liquid silver or lacquer dusted with powdered gold - to bring together the pieces of a broken pottery item and at the same time enhance the breaks. It treats the break or scar as part of the history of that object, rather than something to disguise or shroud.
Silk Marbling from a Japanese family. The last artisan in the world who knows this technique
Look into: Kintsugi
In Japanese culture, there is a mending technique that uses a precious metal - liquid gold, liquid silver or lacquer dusted with powdered gold - to bring together the pieces of a broken pottery item and at the same time enhance the breaks. It treats the break or scar as part of the history of that object, rather than something to disguise or shroud.
As we sit in the discomfort of what these next few weeks look like, let's pause to access the gold of our inner warriors - the warriors who see the trouble, face the fear, and then enact the courage to do the next clearest action. Let's be warriors who choose kindness over harshness, respect over ego and love....always love to light our path.
We sit and move beside you with love-
The TYC Tribe. from the Yoga Collaborative, Cape Cod
Make your own brush, a feather, stick, some lint, try many versions.
Which works best for which Medium?
https://www.applegreencottage.com/diy-nature-paint-brushes-kids/
PAINT BRUSHES. From the Cultural Center of Cape Cod
Teeth, hair, make-up, sweeping, dusting, decorating. Portrait painting. Brushes are everywhere! Whatever their function, they're all broadly the same; a shaped handle—usually of wood or plastic—and a bristly end with varying degrees of softness.
Then there's the pinnacle of brushes; the apex that is the artist's brush. Perfectly designed with precise functionality and aesthetic lines. Pick one up and try to disagree that it's the height of brush evolution.
Back in the 17th century, you would probably have to make your own. Animal hair was ideal for the bristles—often from sable since their hair is thin, tapered, and has a soft tip—but squirrel, horse, goat, or rabbit were common. The hair usually had to be treated and refined, depending on the final use. The handle was wooden, carved, and shaped for easy handing. Glue and knotted twine would be used to bind the two pieces together.
By the 18th century, brush making was part of a growing guild industry. Produced by dedicated instrument makers and sold alongside other specialist tools and apparatus for many occupations. Brushes were still made by hand, but long apprenticeships ensured a high quality of craftsmanship for those who could afford it.
Jump to the mid 19th century and brush making became largely automated, increasingly in factory production lines powered first by steam, then electricity. Robotic technology and industrialization ensured brushes, like many other tools and instruments, could be made in huge numbers very quickly. As a result, prices fell, and sales increased, and the specialized professionals gradually died out. That being said, dedicated artisans who wanted the quality of a handmade brush would make their own.
As you might guess, the paintbrush's origin is about as clear as a misty fall morning. It's at least as old as the oldest known paintings—about 40,000 years—but there's no reason to think it doesn’t date to much further back, perhaps to the earliest days of tool-making. Back then, paintbrushes would have been little more than an animal tail tied to a stick. And thinking about it, with a bit more precision, they are pretty much the same today.
education, based on learned skills. Vocational Technical and School.
My friend’s idea. A deconstructed room that teaches sheet rock, a friend who punched through wall. Or plumbing. Find the source of the leak. How to fix it.
Electrical.
How do I replace the deck post.
Your drain is plugged with hair, how do you clear it.
Or frozen....
Practical Advice on Life's unavoidable problems.
You can do this!
Healing through running
Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink (Running Depression and Anxiety Therapy, Bipolar) Paperback – May 15, 2019
Making surfboards from styrofoam trash
Recycled to Ride, from filmmakers Anna Burns and Jack Bouchard, features New Hampshire surfer Korey Nolan building boards out of refuse he’s collected from local beaches.
https://www.outsideonline.com/2414744/korey-nolan-making-surfboards-trash
https://wreckedparis.com/korey-nolan-and-the-dunkin-donuts-surfboard/
How Cancer Changed Ben Moon's Life, Colorectal Cancer at 29, and a friend
Photographer Ben Moon spent much of his twenties living in a van and climbing by the ocean, but at 29, he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. In The Lucky Ones, from filmmaker Jeff Johnson, Moon explains how the disease altered his perspective on life.
https://www.outsideonline.com/2413814/colorectal-cancer-photographer-ben-moon
Donate to help others. Shoes for Kids.
From WCVB's Chronicle.
Help us provide back-to-school basics to 55,000 local children in need.
We are in desperate need of gently used clothing and new toiletries to serve local underprivileged children across Merrimack Valley, Boston and Springfield. Can you help?
This upcoming school is year is unprecedented. Help us aid children in need amidst this “new normal”.
Thank you for wanting to make a direct and profound difference in the lives of thousands of students in need as they prepare to enter school amidst a “new normal”.
Together, we will help local students in need get back to school with basic necessities so they can successfully adjust and achieve their dreams for the new school year and beyond.
For more information about Fill the Bus, click here.
https://www.catiescloset.org/about
Shoes for Kids.
Games
https://yurielkaim.com/dynamic-warm-up-exercises/
https://www.activekids.com/soccer/articles/10-dynamic-warm-up-exercises-for-youth-athletes
Inspiration from doing a pickle ball gym day with my friend's daughters who are home schooling this year.
Dynamic warm up. Run to telephone pole, heel touches, hip openers, high Knees, Butt kicks, Pushups, Planks, arm swings, run around the block, warm up on the way to our local dock yesterday. Then back, then we learned how to play Pickle Ball. See earlier post on Pickle ball for Info.
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