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My Photography on Fine Art America

November 11, 2020July 7, 2022 / Stephen / Leave a comment

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHb6dTyjCM1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link If you are interested in my nature photography and looking for new artwork for your home or office, or maybe looking for a tasteful gift then please consider visiting my new shop on Fine Art America.

I thought I might make myself a little easier to find with two clips from last night’s Convocation ceremony.  I’d also like to share a clip from a Columbia video entitled “A Year Like No Other”, it was the 2020-2021 academic year when I started my Columbia in remote learning while I also teaching the social studies curriculum as the sole history and social studies teacher at the Waldorf school. Two quotes, I often leave with my students: “There is more within us than we know,” from the educator Kurt Hahn; “The brain is wiser than the sky,” from my distant Wheelock cousin, and American poet, Emily Dickinson.  To remember that our mind is an infinite expanse limited by only our own imagination, creativity and will.  There’s always just a little bit more inside us to push that much more, and that is where learning and growth occurs. I think I found a space large enough to contain all of my notebooks. 🤔 I visited the @nysmuseum and these fascinating exhibits of the land, flora, fauna, people and cultures that would become New York.  Really impressed with the First Nations exhibits and the inclusive narrative throughout the museum. Gilda did continue her secretarial studies and then went to work for the City of New York.  And then went on to college, the only one of her siblings to do so, and earned her degrees in economics.  My grandmother always had the most amazing collection of books: encyclopedia volumes, art books, books on ancient history and civilizations — the Ancient Egypt volumes were my favorite.  Last week, I dropped by for a “visit” as she’s laid to rest across the street from the school where I teach.  Who inspires you? So yesterday, I thought I’d take advantage of my alumni benefits of lifetime library access and find a quiet place to work — lots of grading this weekend. 😂 … After two years of virtual learning, quarantining, masking and strict protocols, I’m happy to see a return to a happy, vibrant campus life on the other side — they deserve it.  I remember during lockdown listening to my daughter and her friends checking in on each other, reminding each other to wash their hands, wear their masks; then watching my students learn how to eat lunch with their masks on; visiting Amherst, Mass and watching a couple of Amherst College students sitting on a park bench, masked and sharing a pizza.  This generation has braved this pandemic so remarkable well, and much better than the elder adults around them.  They deserve this. Where shall I see you this summer!? Covenant School My attempt at being “trendy” while staying “on brand.” Today we visited the Cloisters to take in some medieval art and early Church reliquaries.

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