January 25th, 2023

a-beautiful-word:

“As you read a book word by word and page by page, you participate in its creation, just as a cellist playing a Bach suite participates, note by note, in the creation, the coming-to-be, the existence, of the music. And, as you read and re-read, the book of course participates in the creation of you, your thoughts and feelings, the size and temper of your soul.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

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Apollonian Joys

What my learners write in their journal about the work they did:

“I petted Apollo.”

“I walked Apollo.”

“Apollo looks so regal.”

What they tell me at conferences when I ask what their work plan for next week is

“I will see Apollo, of course.”

“If I get the job pet care, I will walk Apollo.”

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