My hippie uncle cum Tibetan Buddhist monk was a huge Pynchon and Joseph Heller fan and wrote a couple of small books in the ā80s on the Buddha and 60s counter culture art. One was The Buddha and Catch 22. He also called himself V (Venerable) in honor of Pynchon. Iām reading a book of his collected essays right now.
Thanks, Terry! A quick question: are you aware of any research supporting the value of free writing exercises in subject classes other than English or the Humanities? I'm specifically thinking of science and maths. I've done some cursory (very cursory) searches and these two rarely if ever appear. I thought you'd be one to ask!
I'm afraid not. I did a quick search and found nothing relevant. Have you considered emailing the subject associations for English, maths and science? Your old uni library might have a good collection of articles. Hope that helps a bit. Thanks for your confidence in my knowledge!
Thanks for the suggestions! And you're welcome - your experimental writing is inspired. In particular, I appreciate the Oulipo stuff. I occasionally do some of those exercises with my students, and while they inevitably groan, I think inwardly they like it!
Thanks Bryan. Not quite what you asked about, but I'm reading a book called Once upon a prime, which explores the hidden maths in various literary works. You might find good examples of ideas in that
My hippie uncle cum Tibetan Buddhist monk was a huge Pynchon and Joseph Heller fan and wrote a couple of small books in the ā80s on the Buddha and 60s counter culture art. One was The Buddha and Catch 22. He also called himself V (Venerable) in honor of Pynchon. Iām reading a book of his collected essays right now.
Congratulations!! Looking forward to more stops along the way!
Thanks! I'm looking forward to them, too!
Congratulations on this milestone. And that may be my favorite thought of the day ever.
Thanks, Marc! I think it's my favourite one, too - though it's in competition with Pynchon's 'Why should things be easy to understand?'
Congratulations on reaching 150 issues!
Thanks, Terry! A quick question: are you aware of any research supporting the value of free writing exercises in subject classes other than English or the Humanities? I'm specifically thinking of science and maths. I've done some cursory (very cursory) searches and these two rarely if ever appear. I thought you'd be one to ask!
I'm afraid not. I did a quick search and found nothing relevant. Have you considered emailing the subject associations for English, maths and science? Your old uni library might have a good collection of articles. Hope that helps a bit. Thanks for your confidence in my knowledge!
Thanks for the suggestions! And you're welcome - your experimental writing is inspired. In particular, I appreciate the Oulipo stuff. I occasionally do some of those exercises with my students, and while they inevitably groan, I think inwardly they like it!
Thanks Bryan. Not quite what you asked about, but I'm reading a book called Once upon a prime, which explores the hidden maths in various literary works. You might find good examples of ideas in that
Great suggestion - found this in the school library and checked it out! Thanks.