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Fun Manatee Picture Craft I’m afraid I’m potty training a strong-willed little girl for the time being, so getting out into nature (with little access to potties) frightens me right now. And I have to add, very few things in nature frighten me! So instead, my daughter and I have decided to reminisce about some of our previous adventures in nature, primarily visits to see manatees. This is the time of year to see them in the wild! When the weather gets cold, so do the waters where the manatees travel. They seek refuge in and around warm spring waters near the coasts of Florida during the winter months. And in recent history, they also find comfort from the cold near power plants, where local, clean water is used to cool sections of the plant. Then, the warmed water is discharged into canals or rivers that flow out to the manatees’ natural habitat. Many of these power plants have created manatee sanctuaries, educational centers, and observation decks for viewing these warm water-seeking manatees. If you are interested in seeing manatees, visit the Save the Manatee Club website, http://www.savethemanatee.org/places.htm for more information on where to see them, both in the wild and in captivity. Just remember, manatees are protected, and it is against the law to harass them in any way. Orphaned Baby Adopted by Female at Sea World Orlando Before Christmas, my daughter and I had been to the local power plant a few times to see the visiting manatees, and had taken a few trips throughout this past year to our local zoo and a couple of theme parks to see them up-close, in captivity. We know how big they get (on average, a little less than twice as long as I am tall, about ten feet long). We’ve seen the scars that nearly every adult manatee bares as a record of their survival from run-ins with boat propellers. And the wonderfully shaped, paddle of a tail is all a manatee needs to propel itself through the water during its yearly migration. These are just a few of the things my daughter discovered about manatees this past year. With young children, it’s always fun to bring up past events and see what the child remembers. My daughter and I like to recall our past adventures through stories, where my daughter is the main character. I’ll start the story by describing the place and what animal we visited. Then I’ll ask her what happened and what she did or saw at the time. Today, I asked her about our visits to see manatees. Sometimes, these stories become a bit fanciful (the animals usually talk to my daughter in these stories), but I always like to layer them with factual information. Anyway, it’s a great way to keep children remembering their past adventures and ready to create new adventures by building on what they already know. And it’s always fun to add an activity to supplement the recollection! We made a manatee picture in a sea grass bed as we relived some of our nature adventures! Here’s what we did: Coloring the Manatee Gray Bending Pipe Cleaners I drew a manatee from a cartoon picture I found on the Internet. (You don’t have to be an artist. Manatees are actually one of the easiest animals to draw.) I cut it out and then gave it to my daughter to color gray. Use a blue sheet of construction paper (or color white paper blue, as I did) for the background. I cut several green pipe cleaners in half and my daughter bent each one, just a little. You can have your child color about an inch or two of green grass at the bottom of the background paper. We had green glitter glue, so I helped my daughter apply that to the bottom of our picture. I helped my daughter glue one end of each pipe cleaner to the grass at the bottom of the picture (you don’t want to glue more than two inches up the pipe cleaner). Then we let it dry. We slid the manatee cut out in between the pipe cleaners and the paper. Once it was where my daughter wanted it, I glued the manatee cut out to the paper. I added spots of extra glue under some of the pipe cleaners for extra support. We added a few additional colorful glitter glue spots on the blue paper for decoration and let it dry. Your child may want to add fish or other items to the picture too. Coloring Sea Grass Adding Pipe Cleaner Sea Grass
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Sternglas was founded by Dustin Fontaine in Hamburg in 2016. Fontaine worked in a small watch manufactory in his student years and this experience sparked his passion for watchmaking. The brand focuses on minimalism and quality and aims to make good design accessible to everyone. The ‘glas’ element of the brand’s name refers to the sapphire glass lens that is built into every watch that the brand creates. Fontaine chose this name for his brand to honour the strong history of German watchmaking. Despite being a relatively new name in the watch industry, Sternglas is a very well-respected brand that creates high-quality timepieces. Core Features of the Sternglas Naos Collection: The watches in this collection each feature a domed sapphire crystal to protect the dial. This is coated in a double anti-reflective coating. All watches in this collection have a date aperture. Each Naos watch has a quick-change strap system that allows the wearer to give their timepiece a new look whenever they please. Every watch in the Naos collection is also water resistant up to 50 metres or 5 bar. Model Specifications S02-NA01-PR04: This watch features a clean white dial. For improved legibility, the dial exhibits black hour, minute, and second hands. The dial is also adorned with both Arabic numeral indices and slim baton indices. Between the hour markers, there are also minute markers. The rectangular date display on this model is located at the 6 o'clock position. Framing the dial is a polished 316L stainless steel case. It measures 38mm in diameter. An exhibition case back shows off the watch's movement. This timepiece is powered by an automatic movement. This watch is finished with a brown leather strap. The band width measures 20mm.
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Counting down the hours to my first Yellow Conference, I was too excited to sleep after seeing Instagram sneak peeks of big, bright, illustrative installations going up by The Shift Creative and Hanna Snyder, creating a Yellow universe for us to experience at Hudson Loft. Used to a mostly solo freelance routine, I was anticipating female entrepreneurship Christmas, and - A wonderland of creative, ambitious, generous women is exactly the gift I got over two days there. This year’s conference theme was Our Ownership. The idea of ownership is essential for entrepreneurs, and for women, as we learn to articulate our missions more boldly, more clearly. But this theme was two words, Our Ownership, and the way that sunk in through speakers, organizations, and new friends was clarifying and motivating in a way that I had needed a refresh in. Women poured into the first floor of Hudson Loft in downtown L.A., exploring the marketplace of amazing do-good vendors and grabbing that necessary cup of coffee before heading upstairs to begin learning how to work together for the good of the world. Bustling above the marketplace was the Yellow Collective Member Lounge, decked out with cozy seating areas to chat and refresh, a manicure bar by Restore Blank, a booth to get your watercolor portrait done, and a bar serving up refreshing mocktails all day! Also how cute is the wallpaper below from Chasing Paper?? Bonus: it’s removeable. After committing an L.A. driving mistake I’m too embarrassed to tell you, man that Verve coffee was what I wanted in my system. And it smelled SO GOOD. But upstairs finding my seat next to a friend, I was quickly eased into the sense that this was a place I was going to be nourished as a woman, an artist, and a somewhat reluctant business woman (exactly where I need to take ownership). Everyone assembled for the conference kickoff, as emcee Alex Michael May and Yellow founder, Joanna Waterfall, greeted attendees, sharing the layout of the space including two rooms behind the main stage seating dedicated to quiet meditation and creativity, respectively. In the Silent Space room, attendees could break off whenever needed to take a little time to themselves amidst the inevitable buzz of social energy. Filled with cozy floor pillows, essential oil diffusers, and the warm, inspiring poems of I Am Her Tribe, the space was a perfect invitation to rest. In the Create Corner, we were encouraged to add to a communal collage by playing with art supplies spread across the room. It was so thoughtful and disarming. I could see how much passion the Yellow community has for every kind of woman to flourish, no matter her personality, her setbacks or achievements. There wouldn’t be one answer to success, or one appearance to being on the journey towards it. Joanna started the day reminding us, “In this space, we’re all equals.” We all followed with a few, good deep breaths together (literally) led by breathwork and meditation coach, Jenna Reiss, before our first speaker, Nikia Phoenix, uplifted us into paying attention to our self-talk and nurturing our what our heart song might be. As speaker after speaker took the stage, I was uniquely impressed by each woman’s work, but moreover by her distinct commitment to serving the world where she saw a need. This year, speakers were asked to choose their favorite nonprofits, and attendees were encouraged to try out the InLieu app to donate to the causes after each talk. As the day carried on, Justice Rising founder, Cassandra Lee, shared why and how she goes into war zones to catalyze children’s education. She rallied us to see how our generation’s desire to right injustice could be brought to fruition. Author and wellness expert Candice Kumai followed, imploring us to take off our masks and go back to what makes us us. To fight to live up to our legacies and do something significant, rather than just hope to be a “someone”. Already filled with lots of wisdom to process, any pretenses we walked in with were dropped at the door, and it was time for lunch. Friends old and new broke off to enjoy some delicious and healthy bites in the marketplace, or adventure off for a meal downtown. Getting back down to business, we heard practical advice and the good, bad, and not-so-pretty experiences of building a do-good business from the ground up from a panel of entrepreneurs moderated by Bogobrush CEO Heather McDougall. Founders Kathy Terry of InLieu, AmyAnn Cadwell of The Good Trade, Liz Skalla of GIVN Water, and Susan O’Brien of Hail Merry shared about their business “firsts”, and everything learned along the way. In deep with my note-taking, I was convicted of just how much I need to commit to pen and paper by speaker Allison Fallon’s case for claiming our identity as writers. “Writing is rerouting your neurological pathways for positive change,” she shared. I think when she said, “Writer’s block isn’t writer’s block, it’s life block,” we all felt it in our gut that it’s time to own some truths, and to be better off for it. To close the day, Miki Agrawal, founder of THINX and multiple other incredible businesses, showed how fearlessness is true disruptive innovation. Virality and money are great, but are not as key as being artful, uncompromising, and stirring participation in your community to help address global problems. We toasted to an incredible first day with drinks and shopping in the do-good marketplace! Every speaker and marketplace vendor was tangible proof that it’s possible to use business for good in so many ways. In the Do Good Goods Marketplace, all products passed a high standard of being ethically made and/or giving back in different forms. The same went for this year’s goodie bags, a tall market tote packed with clean beauty goods like Cocos Organics non-toxic lip balm, Elate Cosmetics eyeshadow, Ursa Major natural deodorant, and Trilogy organic rosehip oil – not to mention all Saje Essential Oils everything placed around the entire space. We also received the cutest mini llama pillow and “Own It” canvas banner by Imani Collective, and a gold keychain from Tumble. Both companies employ female artisans either domestically or internationally, empowering and equipping them with opportunity. It so happened that I have an empty hook in my bedroom where Imani Collective’s banner now belongs, and I promptly put the keychain on my backpack for the next day. Nothing like the feeling of being ready for school. To top it all off, we’re all ready to write, plan, and reflect in our new journals by B-Corp Raven & Lily, with Ooly Pens, a female-run brand that gives back to schools. Plus – an ethically made bag from Eco Bags to take it all on the go! On day two, we hit the ground running by hearing Pinterest’s Head of Culture & Community, Enid Hwang’s, breakdown of what makes good goals and how to start living by priorities rather than drowning in a to-do mindset. Our time is something to own; it belongs to us. As do our unique personalities, which branding expert, Alison Faulkner, taught us to embrace and feel as awesome as we already are. We danced it out, and then got some serious education on the politics of public art and fashion from activist fashion blogger, Hoda Katebi. Pledgeling moderated the second panel on how to integrate and sustain a give-back element in a business. It was fascinating to hear how companies like Fullscreen Media, This Bar Saves Lives, and The Giving Keys have harnessed new media and emerging tech to qualify (storytelling) and quantify (hard numbers) social impact to keep advancing philanthropic efforts. Next up, co-founders Brittany and Ian Bentley shared how they started Parker Clay with community at the heart and generational impact for good in Ethiopia as a goal, citing their favorite African proverb: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” So much wisdom was dropped, but we ended these two very full days with spoken word by Amena Brown that made us laugh from our bellies and remember soberly, confidently, “We are not alone in doing the work we do.” No new strategy, algorithm, or way of presenting oneself compares to the power of answering a deep, personal calling to impact the world for good. Each of us has them! Making it our shared mission to own them is the best place to be - with all that we have and all that we are in the present moment. Attending Yellow Conference 2018 filled me with anticipation for the good to come, and joy over the people to do it with. Together, we can own a generous confidence and be a force for good in the world, no matter who or where we are. Photos by Cacá Santoro
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Mademoiselle Pogany III by Constantin Brancusi 1933 Centre Georges Pompidou The atelier of Constantin Brancusi shows the culmination of the sculptor's work at the forefront of the French avant-guarde, reports Jeanne-Marie Cilento from Paris. "There are idiots who define my work as abstract; yet what they call abstract is what is most realistic. What is real is not the appearance, but the idea, the essence of things." ~ Constantin Brancusi Hidden away in the narrow streets crowding around Rue Rambuteau in Paris is the atelier of Modernist sculptor Constantin Brancusi. Italian architect Renzo Piano designed and recreated the sculptor’s studio as it was left in 1957 in a new building tucked in behind the soaring staircases of the Pompidou. Filled with Brancusi’s most evocative sculptures such as Bird in Space, A Muse and Infinite Columns, the studio is a way of experiencing the artist’s best work. He spent his last years grouping, regrouping and photographing his large works to achieve the ideal spatial arrangement. The Atelier Brancusi is the high-point of the artist’s work and an atmospheric way of viewing his famous sculptures exactly in the context he planned them to be seen. One of the great pioneers of modernism, he is considered the originator of modern, abstract sculpture. Today Brancusi’s work commands millions - the Yves Saint Laurent/Pierre Bergé sale in 2009 of Madame LR sold for a record 29.185 million euros - yet the sculptor started life as a poor Romanian peasant. While his parents labored in the fields near the Carpathian mountains, Constantin herded sheep and by nine years old was working in the local town at a public house. It is a remarkable leap from this rural, agricultural background to becoming a world-reknowned artist - in his own lifetime. But Brancusi’s natural aptitude for wood-carving stood him in great stead. As an eighteen year old lover of music and especially Romanian folk songs he created his own violin. It was so well done that a local businessman recognized his latent talent and enrolled him at the Craiova School of Arts and Crafts. He studied wood-working and graduated with honours in 1898. He then went on to receive his academic training in sculpture at the Bucharest School of Fine Arts. In 1904 he travelled to Paris and arrived amid the French capital's foment of new ideas, becoming part of the Parisian avant guarde of the 1910s and 1920s. The sculptor worked with Auguste Rodin for several months but decided that although he admired his work "nothing can grow under big trees". Brancusi was part of a group of artists and intellectuals that included Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Guillaume Apollinaire, Henri Rousseau and Fernand Leger. Although Brancusi remained based in Paris for the rest of his life, he still liked to dress simply like a Romanian peasant and his house and studio were filled with the rough-hewn furniture in wood and stone that was familiar from his childhood and that we see today in his atelier. Brancusi's philosophy valued "differentiating the essential from the ephemeral" and Plato and Lao-Tzu were great influences. An idealist and ascetic later in life, visitors to his studio noted its tranquil, spiritual atmosphere. The Atelier Brancusi has been moved from it’s original location in Impasse Ronsin in the 15th arrondissment but the studio still provides a calm respite from the Parisian hurly-burly outside. The four small studios and workshops are full of Brancusi's carefully arranged series of sculptures and all of his tools that he left to the Musee National D'Art Moderne in 1956. For more information visit: www.centrepompidou.fr. Click photographs for full-screen slideshow One of Brancusi's four interconnected studios with his sculptures carefully placed in groups, including Leda and Colonnes sans Fin Leda ~ polished bronze on a base of black stone and stainless steel ~ 1926 Yves Saint Laurent's Portrait of Madame LR that sold for 29.85 million euros Constantin Brancusi in his studio in 1934 The studio recreated (above) from the original (below) with Brancusi's series of large works ~ Colonnes sans fin and Grands Coqs. He didn't want to move these as he believed he had found the best arrangement for them to seen as the culmination of his life's work. Photograph taken in Brancusi's Paris studio in 1929 including the sculptures Léda, Colonnes sans fin I à III and Chimère. Sculptures organised by Brancusi around the great stone fireplace from his original atelier. Brancusi's workshop and studio as he left it in 1957 with the famous Bird in Flight in the foreground. Tools cover the work benches and walls near the forge in Brancusi's studio. The sculptor carved directly into his material whether it was wood, marble or plaster to try and reach the form within. He made or modified many of his own tools and used grindstones and sanders to give a highly polished sheen to his marble and bronze sculptures. One of Brancusi's studies for Muse. Sculptures from left to right are Mlle Pogany and studies for a Muse and Danaide. The Kiss sculpted in stone in 1923 www.centrepompidou.fr
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Henry Darger (1892-1973) drew bright, inventive cartoon-like versions of a cosmic heaven and hell. The subject matter of Darger’s writing and art reveals an obsession with childhood and an unsettling fixation on young girls and their tortuous ordeals at the hands of men. Darger’s work is not easy to understand, asking for no sympathetic eye and … Continue reading "Henry Darger’s Blengiglomenean Serpents And Vivian Girls"
Can't you tell how much we just loooove alliteration?! This week we reviewed quadrilaterals but added in how to classify them based on sides (equal? parallel?) and angles. Now too much to share about the activity but I did have a friend "connect" quadrilateral with the quad he has always wanted to ride! and how many wheels does this quad have!? "FOUR!" and how many sides do quadrilaterals have?! "OOOOOOH! FOUR!". Love moments like this! I had them make posters to help them study/review and they taped them to the side of their desks ("Our desks are quadrilaterals too!"). Unfortunately, with this our district adopting the Common Core Standards this school year, we have felt a bit overwhelmed and well, under time. In fourth grade we currently have math daily for an hour - that's when we do our Fraction Frenzy unit (Numbers & Operations: Fractions)!!! And then each class (we have two fourth grade classes) has one extra math class a week and this is where we have our Geometry unit (4.G.1.2.3). Finally, twice a week after school we fit in the Measurment and Data standards!! Phew, luckily - I have coined myself amongst our fourth graders as a MatheMagician who looooves teaching Math!! I'm already excited for Pi Day on Thursday! I'll be sure to blog some pictures of our activities and I even created a little PiDay activity packet!!! For now, here are some pics of our quadrilateral day today aaaand just click here to get your own copy! for your students to create their own posters!! Have a Wonderful Wednesday tomorrow - hump day is almost here!!!
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