Category Archives: essay

Writing Off “Those Kids”

Posted on December 12, 2014 by m.a. wood

Writing Off "Those Kids".

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Building Connections

Posted on September 4, 2014 by m.a. wood

MA Wood sculpture  Click link to view sculpture and explication.

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The Structure of Music as a Guide to the Human Cognitive Process

Posted on August 9, 2014 by m.a. wood

“Wonderful ideas do not spring out of nothing. They build on a foundation of ideas.” Eleanor Duckworth   Understanding is the recognition of a pre-existing structural unity, that never the less exhibits stylistic characteristics of the time and location of … Continue reading →

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For the Love and Comfort of Predictable Endings

Posted on August 8, 2014 by m.a. wood

  “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed … Continue reading →

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Teaching and Learning to Write

Posted on August 2, 2014 by m.a. wood

Write in order to see a reflection of your own mind. Write to love the self and to know the self. Write to process all emotions fair or foul. Write to witness who and what you believe. Write for your future … Continue reading →

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