tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9553418618108468722024-02-07T22:31:01.422-08:00Storytelling...An Exploration Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04980749903841057274noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955341861810846872.post-22594858712917393992017-04-25T18:38:00.001-07:002017-04-25T18:41:03.909-07:00The Final Project...<div class="p1">
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<span class="s1">I think that this journey can best be described as a winding river (although I am partial to the word “tributary” in that it holds a stronger connotation of meandering), with lots of offshoots that could take me in various directions. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">When I first climbed into my “vessel” and pushed off from the shore, I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to find. I had some supplies with me and I knew that I would use what I had in new and unusual ways. I trusted in the course, in the constant flow of water, to push me along towards a destination, I just didn’t quite know where that would ultimately be. With each new piece of information that I learned, I took a side trip down a smaller stream, exploring the different modalities of digital storytelling much in the way I would explore a small pond or, in some cases, the edges of a vast ocean. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">As I traveled along through this journey, there were many times when I had to trust in the tides. Often I would paddle furiously, trying to Get Somewhere…and then there were long periods when I would drift, continuing to move forward, but relying on the forces around me to help me along to the next moment. It wasn’t until I came close to my final destination that I realized that I needed both; the quiet contemplation was necessary to balance the frenetic work of movement. I never capsized, but I definitely took on a bit too much water. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Tonight, though, I’m able to tie up to the dock. Drop anchor. Reign in the sails. Rest for just a bit. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">I began by trying to find my father’s story and, instead, I found my own. The story that I ultimately set out to tell was about what I do each day in my classroom. In the end, it became a love letter to Writing Workshop. While I haven’t abandoned my father’s story, digital or otherwise, I am committed to telling the story of Workshop to whomever is willing to listen. </span></div>
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3bvqWPTd0nMOW45YnJiSHpnTm9FejEzcXpaQTkya2NNRVZZ/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Here is the link to my very first movie!</a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04980749903841057274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955341861810846872.post-55730785996513135182017-03-06T06:00:00.000-08:002017-03-21T06:03:16.222-07:00An Exercise in Perspective<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Father</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(with apologies to
Wallace Stevens)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Among many
souls passed along, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
only one moving <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Was the
soul of my father. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">II</span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I was
of three hearts, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Like a child <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">torn
between three beloved stories. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">III</span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My
father buzzed through his days. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It was
a small part of his manipulation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">IV</span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My
father and my mother<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(were)
one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My
father and the other[s]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Are
one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">V</span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I do
not know which to prefer, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The memories
of my childhood<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Or the mystery
of innuendoes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The truth
uncovered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Or just
after. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">VI</span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Words filled
the infinite days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With
stories of unknown verity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
shadow of the truth <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Danced
around edges carved by elaborate tales. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The full
text <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">an intricate
machination<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">impossible
to comprehend. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">VII</span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My
father of my childhood, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why do
you imagine golden tales? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Do you
not see how the colors<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">infiltrate
the world around you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">blending—ultimately--into
darkness? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">VIII</span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I know your
heart of justice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And the
clear, inescapable beats of righteousness; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But I
know, too, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That
the lies are involved <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In what
I know. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">IX</span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When my
father left the first time <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">five
days of vigil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">one of
many circles. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">X</span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the
sight of his return <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Flying
in a golden light, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even
the doubts of a small child<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Would vanish,
simply. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04980749903841057274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955341861810846872.post-53201395964523057722017-02-25T12:26:00.001-08:002017-02-25T13:44:58.902-08:00The Cracked Pot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is an ancient Chinese folk story about purpose...and acceptance. It is, really, about recognizing that flaws are gifts and that imperfections are necessities. While the story itself is short, the implications are significant. <br />
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The two pots seem to have a similar purpose: to carry water from the river to the home. However, one pot is cracked--imperfect--and is unable to hold all of the water for the journey. The poor pot becomes more and more unhappy as it recognizes that it is unable to fulfill its purpose. Unbeknownst to the pot, the woman who carries the two pots daily has not only seen the unique gift the pot brings to the world, she has exploited it over time and is able to show the pot the beauty created out of the pot's purported failure. In the end, the pot has brought beauty to the world and the woman has shown the pot its true value. <br />
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We are all cracked pots; we have beautiful imperfections that affect our world in profound and unique ways. And, perhaps more importantly, we often do not see our own gifts so it is critical that we show others the value they possess.<br />
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04980749903841057274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955341861810846872.post-88809717971570268262017-02-08T17:18:00.001-08:002017-02-08T17:18:14.839-08:00The Search Begins<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I clicked from picture to picture, link to link, scrolling through text and images looking for a glimpse of my father. </span><br />
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04980749903841057274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-955341861810846872.post-14994974052961483332017-01-28T06:03:00.002-08:002017-01-28T06:51:40.487-08:00"Walking" by Roger E. SpitzerThe following podcast is an audio recording of a story written by my late father, Roger. I gently edited it for length and clarity, but otherwise the words belong to him.<br />
<a href="https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/aspitzer/episodes/2017-01-28T06_50_22-08_00" target="_blank">"Walking" by Roger E. Spitzer read by Amy Spitzer</a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04980749903841057274noreply@blogger.com1