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Once you have found something or some things you are curious about, it’s time to look deeper. As I mentioned in lesson #2, I found some old issues of a magazine I could send away for in the mail. I loved The Wheelmen (wheelmen.org) Magazines when I got them. I loved them so much, I cut them up. Sometimes, in order to make sense of something, to understand it better, I have to cut it into pieces and put it back together. That’s MY creative process. You have to figure out what yours is. Maybe, if you’re trying to learn a cross dribble and then modify it in a way that will totally confuse your opponent, you need to walk through the steps over and over. Or, to make a new cake, you have to think about how the ingredients will taste together (and taste them in your mind). So do whatever is comfortable for you. Maybe it’s talking to other people. Maybe it’s looking at books or youtube videos. There is no right or wrong. It’s just your thing. My thing is to cut stuff up and paste it into notebooks. I do this all the time. Here’s another examples (there’s a picture of me when I’m way younger than you):
I like this one, too:
So, how do you like to investigate? What’s your favorite way? When you get it right, you can really make sense of things.
I have been unable to upload files to my blog…but my teen-aged son, Max, came over and saved the day. He needed ftp info from Dad, so that’s what got Roger the nickname, Robin….
This is me at one of our final destinations in Chicago. But it’s still March, not May. And that’s a little cold for me… not for everyone, however.
After our last school, we will head to the Sulzer Branch of the Chicago Public Library. Here I am with Mary Frueh-Lardie and Karen Mariani-Mondala, who work at the library. We’re all excited and wondering which school children will join us for the last leg of the journey. And will they ride? There’s a rumor that my darling niece, Amara, will join us to ride for a little while.
Here’s the library from the outside…
Then on to our final destination!
The kids there will be doing some wonderful bicycling activities and learning about Tillie until we roll in.
Here I am with Karin Abercrombie, the Executive Director of the museum. We loved the museum! A wonderful interactive play area for kids as well as a tour through the life of the typical Swedish immigrant. the trunk below was labeled ‘Anderson’ and I imagined what it would be like if it were Tillie’s.
Plans are proceeding apace. We have almost all our schools signed up…and even more importantly, I have stepped up my training! Details to come soon.