1.  Email

kpetersen@ccc.edu

karenepetersen@icloud.com

Website: karenepetersen.com

2. Read syllabus

3. Class work for Introducing the Commonplace Book

4. Commonplace Book Guidelines

5. Yo Yo Ma and Kinan Azmeh

A. Yo Yo Ma and Kinan Azmeh “Art in the Time of Crisis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jz6XvALLDM

B . Transcript of the above Conversation .

Note:  This is the updated version of the transcript

Highlights are mine.

Enter 3 quores into CPB

C. A Sad Morning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD9jbBFKetA

D.  Copy into CPB

"Of all human beings living through these trying times, it is the artist who has no right to be silent."

6.  Dr. Petersen’s CPB

The Band’s Visit

Omar Sharif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9FvC5qEMBA

7. Self Evaluation Due Tuesday Dec 12, 2023

8. Read Keep a Commonplace Book for inspiration.

Write 3 entries into the CPB.

https://writingcooperative.com/keep-a-commonplace-book-for-inspiration-59bfe89485ae

9. Read On Keeping a Commonplace Book.

Write 3 entries into the CPB

On Keeping a Commonplace Book by James Mustich.pdf

10. Writers and Their Favorite Tools. Read and write 3 entries into CPB

https://lithub.com/writers-and-their-favorite-tools/

11.  To Wonder at Beauty

copied into CPB Sept 28, 2023

To wonder at beauty

To wonder at beauty,

Stand guard over truth,

Look up to the noble,

Resolve on the good.

This leads us truly

To purpose in living,

To right in our doing,

To peace in our feeling,

To light in our thinking.

And teaches us trust,

In the working of Spirit,

In all that there is,

In the width of the world,

In the depth of the soul.

~ by Rudolph Steiner c.1920

12.  The Heart of the Matter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0VVJJmpoEk

A.  Quote entered into CPB during class

"My image is a beautiful flower.  The stem of the flower is, in fact STEM.  Science, technology, engineering and math.  But the blossom of the flower is the humanities.  Without the blossom the stem is completely useless.  It’s just a stem. How essential it is that these two areas work in coordination with each other.”  John Lithgow, Actor

The humanities remind us where we have been and help us envision where we are going. Emphasizing critical perspective and imaginative response, the humanities— including the study of languages, literature, history, film, civics, philosophy, religion, and the arts—foster creativity, appreciation of our commonalities and our differences, and knowledge of all kinds. The social sciences reveal patterns in our lives, over time and in the present moment. Employing the observational and experimental methods of the natural sciences, the social sciences—including anthropology, economics, political science and government, sociology, and psychology—examine and predict behavioral and organizational processes. Together, they help us understand what it means to be human and connect us with our global community." —From the introduction to "The Heart of the Matter" (2013),  a publication of the American Academy's Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Homework Due Tues Oct. 3:, 8. 9, 10

Follow directions on the blog

13. Copy into CPB

"When we look back at history, history was not just about war and injustice but also, it is the story of people behaving magnificently against great odds. And this was encouraging to me. Because the people at the top, the people who have the power, their power depends on the obedience of the people below. And when the people withdraw their obedience, or when workers go out on strike, or when consumers boycott, or when soldiers refuse, then the makers of war, the profiteers, the purveyors of greed, – then they are helpless. You can see the possibility that small acts multiplied by the millions can merge into great movements of social change. Well, that compels us to act. And we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. If we live now as who we think human beings should live, in defiance to all that’s bad around us, that itself is a marvelous victory."

Howard Zinn
The People’s History

14Why College

After Profesoor Andrew DelBanco

Homework Due Thurs Oct 5:  5 B  See above

15.  Human The Movie

A. Copy into CPB

I dreamed of a film in which the power of the words resonates over the beauty of the world.

By putting humanity’s ills – poverty, war, immigration, homophobia – at the heart of the film, I made some politically engaged choices. But the interviewees spoke to us about all kinds of topics, from their difficulties in growing up to their search for love and happiness. It is this vast wealth of human discourse which lies at the heart of HUMAN.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Director

Movie trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky0LDCtXeDc

For each vol enter 5 quotes into your CPB

Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdb4XGVTHkE

Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShttAt5xtto

Part 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0653vsLSqE&t=4969s

16. Human The Movie Press Kit. Pease read through and enter all the questions you encounter into the CPB

https://constantine.typepad.com/files/human-press-kit.pdf

17.  Human The Movie Review

Read and enter 3 quotes into CPB

CPB Submission 1

Oct 24, 2023  Please take photos of your quotes from all 3 volumes of Human, The Movie.  Email them to me 

karenepetersen@icloud.com

Silk Road Ensemble

18.  The Music of Strangers

https://tubitv.com/movies/455996/the-music-of-strangers-yo-yo-ma-and-the-silk-road-ensemble

Script

Copy highlighted quotes into CPB

19.  Documentary

watched in class 

https://www.youtube.com/live/HcEl9T04Swc?si=mPMwytQT0Q2G_T3S

20.  Musicians

Choose 2 musicians.  Read about them and enter 3 quotes into your CPB for each musician

https://www.silkroad.org/artists

21.  Articles

For Oct 31 Read and enter 3 quotes from each article into CPB

A.  https://www.voxmagazine.com/arts/movies/the-music-of-strangers-examines-the-relationship-between-music-and-home/article_5daaffc8-e2fb-11e5-ba4f-17d0adac1079.html

B.  https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/reviews/view/28203/the-music-of-strangers

C.  https://theknockturnal.com/film-review-music-strangers-embodies-meaning-art

22.  Different Strokes

Copy into CPB