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Friday, November 22, 2013

Science and Reality

Perhaps those of you who are studying Science are all aware of this, but for someone with an arts and humanities background, the new scientific discoveries have been simply fascinating.

I am posting links to a few clips by Brian Greene that are very accessible to non-scientists like me :) and hope you will enjoy them and comment on them.

Thank you,

Gudrun

Here the links:

The Elegant Universe (3 parts):

part 1: Einstein's Dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV_X2B5OK1I&list=PL4BC5759C1947F2B9&index=1

part 2: Strings the Thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9giLn5UiJw&list=PL4BC5759C1947F2B9

part 3: Welcome to the 11th Dimension
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36tGKrWY4QE&list=PL4BC5759C1947F2B9

The Fabric of the Cosmos:

1. What Is Space?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iZ1-csQFUA&list=PL4BC5759C1947F2B9

2. The Illusion of Time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqzgYRBlslw&list=PL4BC5759C1947F2B9

3. Quantum Leap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGhQmNZhlqw&list=PL4BC5759C1947F2B9

4. Universe or Multiverse?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag0U65NkxrI&list=PL4BC5759C1947F2B9

Please also check out Brian Greene's website and read some of the articles etc: http://www.briangreene.org

image from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Science-symbol.png

Monday, November 18, 2013

Poetry Alive!

Hi All,

More opportunity to play: please share your poetic creations here!

Have fun!

Gudrun

If you feel like writing a story (or sharing one that you have written already), here some space. If you have never written a story, just start out by doing a bit of freewriting - and then edit what you have come up with. It might turn into a story all by itself….

Alternatively, you can record yourself when you are telling a story and then post the link.

I am looking forward to your stories….

gudrun

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Getting Inspired: Looking at Some Organizations & Projects that Work on Changing the World

Dear All,

Please have a look at some of the websites below and see what you can learn from them for your own project of creating a better world….

Creating a Perfect World - Your Projects & Presentations

Dear All,

Please share your vision of the perfect world here - and think about how to create it in reality!

gudrun

Monday, November 4, 2013

Academic and Literary Writing

Please read the two articles about time (links below). The first one is an academic article, the second one a general interest/ literary article (you could classify it as either).

Then compare the STRUCTURE and STYLE (tone, syntax, vocabulary, etc) of the two articles with each other.

When you are done, try to imitate writing the BEGINNING of an essay in both of these styles (maybe the first 3 or 4 paragraphs for each).

You can choose one of the following topics for your two essay beginnings:

1) Gender Stereotypes

(you also have Margaret Atwood's "The Female Body" as a literary model for this topic)

2) Identity

(you could use Langston Hughes's "Theme for English B" as another excellent literary example)

Here the links to the two articles about time:

Academic:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-bebecome/

General Interest/Literary:

http://www.spunk.org/library/writers/woodcock/sp001734.html

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Culture in Greater Vancouver

Please go either to the International Writers Festival (that started today and is on until Sunday) - or to any other cultural event of your choice (e.g. concerts, plays, dance performances, movies, etc) and tell us about it in any genre and form you wish.

Here some links you might find useful:
https://www.writersfest.bc.ca/at-a-glance/2013festival

http://www.straight.com/listings/events/

http://www.hellobc.com/vancouver/things-to-do/festivals-events.aspx

https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/calendar-of-events.aspx

http://www.tourismvancouver.com/do/calendar-events/

Enjoy the event!

gudrun