How many breaths are there between the first life providing one and then our final exhale? How many minutes between the two. I can remember my mother telling me when I was young that it made her sad when she would read about someone young that had passed away. But I wondered even back then, […]
Bon soir mon ami, It seems that my life has been on hold, but yet I see the hours, days and weeks slip away…. I just finished a week of French midterms. Written, Oral and Readings… I thought I did well but after listening to the recording of my reading I quickly realized that I […]
I woke up today and turn on my computer and went into itunes to listen to the French music that my instructor downloaded for me… the first song that played was “Ces bottes sont faites pour marcher.” These boots where made for walking…I will take that as a good sign for the day! These boot […]
Critical Mass Moment(s) It is my belief and understanding that when an object (this includes human beings as an object) reaches critical mass it has two options. (Maybe more… but lets focus on these) 1) Stabilize and maintain current status. 2) Implode. Things have been a little overwhelming as of late…and as any of my […]
Bonjour, Je m’pelle jon-michel, Je suis de Chicago. So I know who I am ( or at least my name) and where I live. This is what three classes have given me. Well also Ça va tres bien… Ça va tres mal. I have learned that spell check hates me not only is it trying […]
A new year and a new series of Calligraphy Classes have started at the Discovery Center. Sunday marked the first day of class and there was a wonderful turnout with a total of 10 students. In this session I am teaching the graceful Chancery Cursive Script (Cancellaresca Corsiva). This script was the standard hand in […]
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Breathe in … exhale… The dimly lighted room is starting to become clearer in my mind. It is still empty … but no longer scary or as daunting. Today I went to go see the new Muppet Movie…and what happen I have few words to explain. As an adult I view the Muppets different than […]
Road Block (mental or otherwise) Choices: STOP…. Turn around and go back from whence you came from. Caution… pause look around ponder other venues. Jump over the barricades and get ready for the adventure ahead. So many to choose from… (Yes, I realize there are only three) I have the range from the safe […]
First, I want to thank everyone that participated in my “Word Project” I must admit that over the last 6 months it has been an interesting process. I walked into this thinking that this was going to be a grand massive global visual presentation… walls covered with little index cards everywhere. It become clear from […]