ISI 2006

Hi ISI writers,
If you want ideas for warm-ups and drama exercises in mime see my blog, Writing Cats and Dogs.
How are you doing on planning and getting ready for school? Remember the SUNSHINE!
Laura

I have to admit, I feel a bit lazy. My summer habits do not extend to the adventures that I have seen written about here. I read (and this year I am doing the internet surfing thing, as I think I am ready to make the jump to a blog and podcasts this year). Has anybody read Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind, by Guy Claxton? It was published in 1997. Interesting stuff. He proposed three kinds of thinking; split-second decisions, reasoned long-range thought and musings. Of course, the book is about the last. He claims this is where creativity comes from. This undefined, introspective, non-linear comtemplation. Further, that school learning does its best to snuff out this kind of thought. I am not finished with the book yet. I wondered if anyone else had heard of it.