Not only is it mesmerizing to watch the paintings morph, but after a few viewings it becomes really fascinating to see the progression of different styles of art, from the early Renaissance masters through to the abstract art of the 20th century. In some cases, the changes seem gradual, but in other cases, they seem wild and revolutionary. I think I have some serious research to do before I can fully appreciate this video. But let me just watch it one more time…
Seriously, I don’t know why I bother with Fox News. Every time I think I can walk away, I just keep getting sucked right back in. Maybe it’s because I’m concerned that so many people watch it uncritically that it’s actually doing great damage to our country.
The best we can do is to teach information literacy skills to our students. Are we doing that well?
The results are in for the 2007 National Shakespeare Competition for high-school students:
16,000 students and 2,000 teachers from across the United States participated in a curriculum-based program designed to help high school students develop their communications skills and appreciation of language and literature, through the study, interpretation and performance of Shakespeare’s monologues and sonnets.
The winner was Adam Brown (17) from the Youth Performing Arts School in Kentucky. He performed Sonnet 130, a Shylock speech from The Merchant of Venice, and a cold reading of a Berowne speech from Love’s Labour’s Lost. And thanks to the magic of the Internet, we can watch his winning performance.
You can see videos and read interviews for all of the finalists at the New Globe website. Man, sometimes I love the Internet.
As if the video in Saturday’s post wasn’t endearing enough, here’s Norah Jones performing a modified version of “Don’t Know Why” on Sesame Street while sitting next to Elmo.