October Journeyman Inspirements

Read: 
Chapters 3 of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Chapter 7 of the Story of Art or read about Chinese painting on this site:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/chin/hd_chin.htm
Watch the video Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight (check with your parents first)

http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html

Then choose one of the following:

-Explain, in your own words, one of the brain experiments described in Chapter 3 to the class.
-Take a test to see if you are more right-brained or left-brained
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~studskl/hd/hemispheric_dominance.html
and tell us what this means about your strengths and what you can do to improve your less-dominant side (and why you would even want to). FYI: Chapter 4 of Drawing on the Right side of the Brain has some ideas on how to strengthen your right side.
-Do you see any connections between The Three Questions and Right-brained and Left-brained thinking?  Explain your answer.
-At the end of the video, Dr. Taylor asks, "Which would you choose? Which do you choose? And when?" Do you think there are times to tap into one side of our brain more than another? Do you think one is better than the other? Why do you think Heavenly Father gave us these two very different brains in one mind?  Share your thoughts.
-Chapter 7 of the Story of Art and the internet article talk about how the Chinese capture the "essence" of what they were drawing.  After reading one of these: 1) find a favorite Chinese painting (there are several on the site) and share it in class, as well as why you like it.  OR 2) Draw a picture in the way described in chapter 7 - study an object for a while, observe and memorize the details. Then, without looking at it, try to recreate it on paper, capturing what you saw in it.