Lawyers in the Garden

Comic found here.

Just for Fun

And bonus:

Learning about Learning

This is chock-full of interesting insights into how people learn.

Check it out.

I want to talk about learning. But not the lifeless, sterile, futile, quickly forgotten stuff that is crammed in to the mind of the poor helpless individual tied into his seat by ironclad bonds  of conformity! I am talking about LEARNING - the insatiable curiosity that drives the adolescent boy to absorb everything he can see or hear or read about gasoline engines in order to improve the efficiency and speed of his 'cruiser'. I am talking about the student who says, "I am discovering, drawing in from the outside, and making that which is drawn in a real part of me." I am talking about any learning in which the experience of the learner progresses along this line: "No, no, that's not what I want"; "Wait! This is closer to what I am interested in, what I need"; "Ah, here it is! Now I'm grasping and comprehending what I need and what I want to know!" Carl Rogers 1983: 18-19

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How do YOU learn?

Blue Dress

This is the version of the song I was more interested in...

Paradise...?

It's a little small, but the original comic is here

Pilgrim's Progress

Natalie asked everyone to take a look The Pilgrim's Progress to get a feel for the language and story -

Here's the Wikipedia link for a summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim's_Progress

and here you can take a look at the actual text, in one of several different formats: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/bunyan/pilgrim.html



On the left is a fairly typical type of illustration. You could also envision the allegorical tale of a Christian (called 'Christian', creatively enough) journeying through the world in this way:

Like I always say: If there aren't swords, why bother?

The Message

Here's what the directors (and dramaturg) have discussed and plan to use as the main message/point/question of the production:

Is 'Paradise' really paradise? Can paradise only be found through disobedience/sin?

 - this deals with the associated themes of opposites (men/women, angels/demons, darkness/light, etc...) and consequences (sin/redemption, etc...)
- it also touches on the idea that Satan's 'triumph' in tempting mankind is actually part of the overall plan; that knowing the difference between good and evil and recognizing imperfection is necessary to understanding/creating paradise.