I am reading Malcolm Gladwell’s blink. I haven’t had the patience for fiction recently. The last piece I was able to start and finish in a few days like I used to when I was guided by the fictitious worlds of authors was Mr. Caroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Non-fiction takes up most of my reading now, and poetry. From what the most recent stats I remember reading about say, I am the anomaly. If the statistics are still as my memory tells me, only poets, teachers, and the students that are assigned the poems, read poetry in the 21st century. This short attention span is why another blog is now up. Is the pace of our impulsive existence a Sign of the Times as one of my Princely musical fathers recorded, or has the appearance of this jagged, jittery, and scattered genre calculated to fit the same, too much info, nothing is forbidden knowledge, Look what I think, mentality? Perfect example–I am bored already: distracted, looking out onto the traffic on Interstate 5 out my window. What’s going on in San Diego and San Francisco? I think this the beginning of a beautiful friendship, Louis. Out.
August 18, 2008
The First Time: Impulsive and/or Calculated
Posted by mgalin1 under Live | Tags: 21st Century, Caroll, first, Gladwell, Poetry, Prince |[3] Comments
August 18, 2008 at 8:38 pm
INTRIGUING.
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August 19, 2008 at 4:09 am
Gladwell’s writing has had a profound impact on my instruction in the classroom. I’ve been using the Tipping Point as a text for my seniors for a couple years. Most kids love it. Digging around online, it’s funny to see how many “real academics” loathe Gladwell. Check out his video on Ted and his story at the Moth.
Welcome (back) to the distracted world of blogging!
August 29, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Thanks for the TED insight, Mr. Garcia. Maybe “real academics” have a problem with Mr. Gladwell because he is non elitist in his tone. I think many of us can see where elitism and academia have had a strong interdependence throughout history and into the 21st century. I can relate to your “low brow” confessions in The American Crawl.