problems I do not want
A student’s submission included a lengthy compliment about my teaching. Flattering the teacher is not wise. Unnecessary psychological layer. Now if they deserve a decent mark, it could be misconstrued […]
billionaire blues
A student doing a presentation on Lemonade by Beyoncé said near the end that she feels sorry for her because she’s one of the most famous people in the world, […]
student journal
After I read this in a student’s journal, “I wake up hating myself or is it hating that I am not the imagined self? Hating that I should be this […]
sleep
In the meditation business people are given a mantra and they are supposed to remember it and use it to interrupt a wandering mind, but minds wander. Why do minds […]
art is the healer
A student in class finally did his first performance. He is a nice fellow, comes to every class, sits at the back, quiet. I do not sense much of a […]
gus
Wrote a new song about taking the all night Keele street bus which is not what the song is actually about. A contest between me and the world, whether the […]
what to name the next batch of songs
Trying to coordinate Tranzac recording some of the new songs, perhaps late night with sound tech Pat. He of chipper personality. Wish I had access to a piano with a […]
art is the healer
A student in class finally did his first performance. He is a nice fellow, comes to every class, sits at the back, quiet. I do not sense much of a […]
liberals
Odd to watch the Liberal party elect Mark Carney. Not a lot of votes. Most interesting was the disinclination towards non government media interviews, aka people journalists all over the […]
International Woman’s Day
International Woman’s Day. All my life when women ask if I have siblings and I reply three brothers, the next thing they always say is your poor mother. I think […]