Thursday, December 20, 2007

Nine Twelve

One of the most powerful slam poetry performances I've ever heard.

Nine twelve by Miller and Drake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB8l0fMqvH4

Legacy letter project

From January 2008 Futurist up-date (I am an alum of the University of Iowa):

LEGACY LETTER PROJECT http://www.legacyletterproject.com

"Make a list of things you have survived and keep it where you can see it often." Sharon Stubbs

"Don't speak those cutting words you are always sorry for later." LynnCampbell

"Others give meaning to our lives. Be interested in others and you will be interesting to others. Be committed to others and they will be committed to you." Willard "Sandy" Boyd (president emeritus, Universityof Iowa)

These simple bits of wisdom come from contributors to the online LegacyLetter Project, the brainchild of University of Iowa leisure studies lecturer David Gould. The project began when Gould invited senior citizens in the communityto share their life lessons with his students; as the project grew, Gould began receiving letters from as far away as Venezuela, connecting not only generations, but cultures as well."From the students' perspective, there's an unsaid need to want to know what's down the road," says Gould. "And the authors are thrilled to be asked. You live 70, 80 years and endure a host of high points and low points to arrive where you are." The site also includes information on how to submit your own legacy letter.

DETAILS: University of Iowa
http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2007/december/121407legacy.html