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- Pounding In The New YearThe artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth. Ezra Pound A troublesome figure in the Arts to be sure, but what I carry away from Ezra Pound is the same thing I learn from chess. Rigor. Repetition. Condensing things down toContinue reading “Pounding In The New Year”
- Queen’s GambitYes, like everyone else I saw Queen’s Gambit. Twice. Then read the book. Then watched a few videos of game walk-thrus. Then broke my boards back out. (played a lot in high school, studied it some after first full time job in the early 90’s before computer gaming was a big thing. The scene thatContinue reading “Queen’s Gambit”
- Current Event Form LessonA video explaining the Current event form for Providence Montessori Middle School
“I will show you fear in a handful of dust.”
T. S. Eliot- The Wasteland
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