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September 05, 2004
For-AY-men
It's interesting to watch myself "sacrificing" social time to devote to other things, specifically meditative studying. It's been rather nice, however, to spend mealtimes in the library.
Balance, though. While in the workplace the word "socializing" often carries negative connotations, I think our personal connections here are integral to the transformative experience. The space for transformation is held not only by our teachers and the staff, but by the other students as well. Our friends are resources for support, verbal processing, witnessing, listening, and who knows what else.
Anyway, I've been approaching the coloring book as part meditation, part play... and unempowering some old study patterns, such as attaching to pace of work and "trying" to memorize rather than opening to absorption.
Sometimes I'll listen to music, and lyrics become much more amusing...
He looks around, around
He sees sphenoids in the architecture
Spinning in infinity
He says Amen! and Hallelujah!
If you'll be my sphenoid bone
I can be your craaaneeeuummm
I can call you sphenoid
And sphenoid when you call me
You're in the craaaaneeeummm
Ahh yes. My biggest return to geekdom since sixth grade, when I was too old to be taking apart calculators for fun and yet still doing it.
I'm thinking every child should have an Anatomy Coloring Book. Know Thyself.
Speaking of which, I'm having issues with that. Like foramens. First there's the word: "furrrr-aaaayyyy-mennnn". EWW!
But then it gets attached to its meaning: a hole in the bone that THINGS go through? Like blood vessels and nerves? And there are TWO on my anterior mandible, just lateral of the median? That is NASTY. I can put my fingers over them. And I can't cope.
Let's not talk about the foramen magnum. MAAAAGNUUUUM. Magnum is latin for "Even Worse".
In the middle of it all I said, "I don't know that I want to know myself this well."
Well then.
Anyway, I'm getting over it. Maybe if I had had an Anatomy Coloring Book when I was little, I wouldn't have these problems.
I wish my Grandpa were still alive. I don't know why that came up while coloring, but it did.
I talk to the air and that has to suffice.
Posted by Josh A. at September 5, 2004 07:37 PM
Comments
Well i am glad to se you are learning new and interesting things. I know how you feel about grandpa. I think i'm going to call grandma now and see how she is doing oh yeah none of the guys are at school for me to ask about your timing belt. Give me a couple weeks and I'll get back to you.
Posted by: Lindsay at September 6, 2004 10:28 AM