"If we want to see the intelligence in children 'come out to play', then we have to make sure they have enough loose parts to play with." ~Penny Brownlee
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
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10/31/20
PENNY BROWNLEE - Intelligence in children
Quotes From DANCE WITH ME IN THE HEART
"Ideally, the teacher knows the genetically encoded play patterns and intelligences of the human child. Aware of these biological patterns of unfolding child development, teachers procure and scavenge materials to put the child ‘in the driver's seat’.” ~Dance with me in the heart
“If, in a relationship we have to do what another demands in order to keep them happy, the casualty is our own true self. It is not easy to love the ’self’ if we have lost it to a dysfunctional power dynamic. This is as true for toddlers and children as it is for teens and for us.” ~ Dance with me in the Heart, January 23, 2020
“It is in the processes of imagining, reckoning, creating, making etc that the learning happens, that knowledge is made and skills are perfected." ~Dance with me in the heart
"No one can GIVE us knowledge. We must MAKE it for ourselves, out of our experience." ~Dance with me in the heart
"Our great need in these times is to remember and tell the story of our Interdependence with all Life on Earth - yes, wasps, ants and spiders too. It is only when we begin to treat all Life as Sacred that we restore our place in the Common Unity of the Earth's Biosphere" ~Dance with me in the heart
"Set aside time to hang out and listen. Listening is the glue of relationship." ~Dance with me in the Heart
“Speak good things
Words have wings"
~Dance with me in the Heart
Our children download the language we speak, in the same accent, using the vocabulary we use, and - and this is the sobering bit - using the same language-thought patterns and intonation. Our words become their inner voice which will either acknowledge them or dismiss them, encourage them or taunt them, lift them or flatten them. We don't have to be psychologists to work out the healthy option. Speak good things. We can do this.” ~Dance with me in the Heart
"So many children are drawn to collecting stones. Every outing in Nature is an opportunity to extend the Stone Family that resides in their bedroom, under the bed, in the wardrobe, on the dresser. Many Indigenous Nations refer to the stones and rocks as Grandmothers, Ancestors who were here before the plants and animals, Ancestors who hold an ancient wisdom. Maybe our children can still feel that wisdom in their soul." ~Dance with me in the heart lifted from Treasure Stones
“The Curiosity Approach”
Babies are born curious.
Curiosity begins exploration.
Exploration means getting into things.
Getting into things means making sense of the world.
Making sense of the world raises more questions.
More questions mean intelligence unfolding.
So maybe we'd be better to Stop!
Breathe.
And smile at our little scientists rather than yell at them.
~Dance with me in the heart
"The school system we have all been marinated in has left many of us with an interesting take on the nature of intelligence. Few of us are aware that there are many different aspects to human intelligence, and that the traditional education uses-tests-and-measures just a small fraction of the intelligence-potentialities each student is born with." ~Dance with me in the heart
"... warm, secure emotional-nurturing is the one thing every baby is expecting, from birth onward. The bonded relationship is the baby’s first ‘romance’ with Life." ~Dance with me in the Heart
OTHERS
"You can't get blood out of a stone."
~Mother of Dance with me in the Heart
Tiokasin Ghosthorse - Humanity
“Humanity must shift from living on the Earth to living with her.” ~Tiokasin Ghosthorse
10/29/20
Victoria Coren Mitchell ~ Nature’s therapy
“The key to nature's therapy is feeling like a tiny part of it, not a master over it. There's amazing pride in seeing a bee land on a flower you planted - but that's not your act of creation, it's your act of joining in.” ~Victoria Coren Mitchell
Sylvester McNut - Flow, grow and adapt
“Life is one big wave, and all we can do is flow, grow, and adapt.” ~Sylvester McNut
10/28/20
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler - A great Artist
“...a great artist is one who alters the world for us, for ever.” ~ Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, quote lifted from Hugh Speirs book ‘Landscape Art and the Blue Mountains.
BIO
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler was a German-born art historian, art collector, and one of the most notable French art dealers of the 20th century. He became prominent as an art gallery owner in Paris beginning in 1907 and was among the first champions of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and the Cubist movement in art. Wikipedia
Hugh Speirs Quotes
“Sometimes I have glimpsed this world lit by a dew drop. … Hanging like some beautiful crystal ball from a minute fern frond.” ~Hugh Speirs, Artist, (embossed on a rock sculpture gallery featured at Echo Point, The Three Sisters, Katoomba in The Blue Mountains)
DENIS KEVANS Quotes
Believe lies and your brains will decay,
Try to find the truth, try to find the reason,
Try to find the truth every day.”
~Denis Kevans
10/27/20
KOTCHAKORN VORAAKHOM Quotes
"And if there's one thing we can learn from this park and this woman is that, no water should ever be wasted, not even one drop of it.” ~ NAS DAILY, YouTube on Kotchakorn Voraachom, Landscape Architect of Thailand.
"Every rainfall is a wake up call.” ~Kotchakorn Voraakhom
“Farming is a crucial part of our country’s heritage. The urban farm is training a new generation of organic farmers with real-world skills. It also fosters a sense of community.” ~ ~Kotchakorn Voraakhom (See Asia’s largest organic rooftop farm — located in busy Bangkok, by Karen Frances Eng, March 13, 2020, TED writer)
"In the heart of this (most damaging and expensive disaster typhoon) I found my calling. I cannot just sit and wait as my city continue to sink. The city needed me, and I have the ability to fix this (flood) problem.” ~Kotchakorn Voraakhom ( See Asia’s largest organic rooftop farm — located in busy Bangkok, by Karen Frances Eng, March 13, 2020, TED writer)
"Landscape architecture gives me the opportunity to continue my cracking ambition to connect this concrete land back to nature." ~Kotchakorn Voraakhom
“No matter how rough the path, how big is the crack you push to your goal because that's where your heart is.” ~Kotchakorn Voraakhom
"Tang Jai - means to firmly stand - (jai pronounced 'chay' - means heart. Your heart will be ÿour action. “ ~Kotchakorn Voraakhom
"Thailand is home. This land is my only home. And that is where I firmly stand my heart." ~Kotchakorn Voraakhom
“The green roof and urban farm at Thammasat University show how climate resilience-focused development can perhaps begin to contribute more environmental benefits than problems. And maybe even help resolve some of the problems of the past.” ~Kotchakorn Voraakhom (See Asia’s largest organic rooftop farm — located in busy Bangkok, by Karen Frances Eng, March 13, 2020, TED writer)
“The park is not getting rid of water. It is about getting a way how to live with it. “ ~Kotchakorn Voraakhom
“When the wind blows over the water in the ponds, it creates a microclimate that also cools the atmosphere.” ~Kotchakorn Voraakhom
Bio/Source:
Thai Landscape Architect, "How To Transform Sinking Cities into Landscapes that Fight Floods", November 2018, TED, Palm Spring, CALIFORNIA, YouTube
10/16/20
Alicia Coutts - Courage counts
On my daughter’s Graduation Day
“Success isn’t final. Failure isn’t fatal. It’s courage that counts.” ~Alicia Coutts
Densey Clyne - Count your Blessings
10/15/20
DR. RICHARD ‘Harry’ HARRIS. Quotes
"A lifetime of experience and preparation can sometimes culminate in event you have never plan for or expect.” ~Dr. Richard 'Harry' Harris
[“A lot of people have called those involved in this rescue heroes. That doesn’t sit very well with me. I was doing two things that I enjoy at the end of the day, cave diving and anaesthesia. Courage is doing something that frightens you and neither of those things were particularly concerning to me.
“The one thing I am proud of is the fact that I found the courage to make the decision to proceed with this plan. In all good leaders, it is the courage to actually make a decision and make it in a timely manner." ~Dr RHH, Ozwater 20 Online From the article written by Cecilia Harris]
"For a completely desperate group of international people to come together with the goal of saving the lives of 12 children and their coach that you've never met before that tells me that the spirit of humanity is still alive." ~Dr. Richard 'Harry' Harris, SA Anaesthetist and expert Cave Diver, Australian of the Year 2019
"You don’t have to be good at everything, but you’re very lucky in life if you can find one thing that you are good and passionate about, because you never know where it will lead." ~Dr. Richard Harry Harris, Ozwater Online
"You have to suffer a few bruises and scrapes along the way to grow normally." ~Dr. Richard Harry Harris, Push to get kids outdoor, ABCNews
Nelson Henderson - Trees
12 May 2018
Orange Botanic Gardens
“The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” ~Nelson Anderson