Sundays Skype chat was great. We talked
about the importance of talking to people about your ideas. How when you chat
to people about what you are thinking about you are forced to start to
articulate some of your thoughts. Thoughts are changed by language so as you
speak you are having to pin down the thoughts in the narrow framework of the
language you are using (Dewey). This gives the idea a sharpness or clarity that
allows you to almost step back and
look at what you are saying. Tara is going to write more on this. “talking to
people not just being stuck in a book!!” http://dancetara.blogspot.com/2016/04/module-cross-over.html
We talked about not needing to have all the
answers – the difference in approach people noticed in themselves between
writing their reflective essay in Module One and writing it in Module Three. This
difference tends not to be a move toward more answers but a move toward an embracing
of more questions!!! Julie is going to post on this – also thinking about intuitive
learning = no ‘right’ answer. https://plus.google.com/112028470007844481818/posts
Her thoughts might be in the comments below
so have a look there too.
We talked about how the Professional
artefact is also about talking to people. It is about making something to
explain your whole inquiry process in the language of your profession. (Most
people do not speak academic-ese, so we need to explain in a different format).
Tammy is thinking about this Please post a link to your
post in the comments below Tammy.
We talked about assumptions which are so integral
to shared language. Questioning assumptions brings new meaning. Sam will write
more about this
So we talked about each others ideas and
shared what we had been doing. Sam talked about her inquiry topic of the
relationship between music and dance . As we talked about this new avenues
emerged for her. Joy is going to write a little more about the relationship
between music and dance. Please post a link to your
post in the comments below Joy.
Lastly – NOW is the time to get on with it
(whatever it is you are handing in). trust it will be ok and just get a draft
under way!!! I always feel while something is in my head it still has the potential
to be brilliant, exactly what I imagine it to be. When I start to actually make
it, in the bare light of out-side of my thoughts I see all its failings. I don’t
want to start writing because while its inside me it is still great. But if I
don’t start writing it will never be ‘anything’: it may not be a brilliant
essay but it will not be a bad one either it just won’t be. Better to be brave
and attempt something than have nothing at all.
