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Thursday, December 6, 2018

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1136 - Introversion collected and t-shirt reprint - Throwback Thursday for 1812.06


Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1136 - Introversion collected and t-shirt reprint - Throwback Thursday for 1812.06 - sense of doubt #1385

Hi Mom, I know I have shared this photo before, but it seemed to go so perfectly with the subject of introversion (read on) that I felt a re-share was warranted. Plus, I did not add data about it to the title lines.

You brought me up with protection for my introversion. Not sure where this extraverted, gregarious bloke came from -- what my wife calls my Mr. Aloha personality -- but there he is, standing in the class room, probably talking much louder than he needs to.

Those who are quiet can move mountains without making a sound. Those who talk a lot might yell and yell and never move the mountain.

I just made that up.

I am multi-tasking today, and I am still using the blog to jump start content for school. I already gave a final exam this morning (with donuts! or doughnuts... I have seen it both ways), and now I am fighting the adrenaline let down and nap attack as I have been up since about four a.m. for the fifth day in the last seven.

But I am hanging in there and crossing things off the to do list.

This post is the usual gallimaufry, but it starts its stewy goodness with music and a contemplation of introverts, of which I am part of the club, though I don't always act like it.

MUSIC GOODNESS


CHRYSALIS - Chronotope Project





Wait.... what's this???

PHANTASMAL MUSIC WORD PRESS

For all Ghostly Dark Fans
I’m Valery Dronia fan of paranormal and ghosts.

This blog was created for make some register of dark music artists  inspired who inspired their works on paranormal and ghosts stuff.  You can find here my selection of creepy, ghostly unknown music with links to each artists and albums.

For future reference. Believe me, I will return to this one. I am leaving it here as a big reminder.

I am listening to CHRYSALIS - Chronotope Project as I compose.



INTROVERSION

So I ran a final exam review game in class yesterday, and I noticed something that I should have planned for.

The extraverts excelled, raising their hands even before they were sure they knew thew right answer. But the introverts did not do as well, and two teams did not score any points at all.

NOTE TO SELF: Next time I run such a game, rotate the questions team-to-team. Those with slower hands to raise to answer a question might do well if it's their turn and they have a few seconds to think. Also, control the hand raising before students know the answer, with enforcing my one wrong (two wrong in a row and lose a point?), and you cannot answer next.

But hey, I have not run such a game in a while. I am a little rusty at anticipating how the system will work.

The game did get me thinking about introversion, which is a subject that my Concordia students (and the LCC students for extra credit) will be contemplating for their exam next week.

And so, I decided to offer the Concordia students who are interested extra credit for examining Introversion with these resources, watching Susan Cain's TED talk and exploring these links.

That is all for today. Time to slip into the womb and do introverted things.

Susan Cain: The power of introverts





TEXT FROM SUSAN CAIN'S SITE: Taking the reader on a journey from Dale Carnegie’s birthplace to Harvard Business School and from a Tony Robbins seminar to an evangelical megachurch, Cain charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal in the twentieth century and explores its far-reaching effects.

She talks to Asian-American students who feel alienated from the brash, backslapping atmosphere of American schools. She questions the dominant values of American business culture, where forced collaboration can stand in the way of innovation and where the leadership potential of introverts is often overlooked. And she draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to reveal the surprising differences between extroverts and introverts.

Perhaps the most inspiring part of the book is where Cain introduces us to successful introverts such as a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks or a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions.

Finally, she offers invaluable advice on everything from how to better negotiate differences in introvert-extrovert relationships and empower an introverted child to when it makes sense to be a “pretend extrovert.”

This extraordinary book has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.



 Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1058 - Listen to the power of QUIET people



 Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #323 - More on introverts



Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #161 - Introversion - Reprinted T-shirt nonesuchery pt.3


Original blog on introversion

 SOUND AND VISION - "Blue, blue, electric blue, that's the color of my room, where I will live, blue blue."

 https://365-tshirts.blogspot.com/2013/08/t-shirt-161-blue-in-sport.html

T-shirt #161 - "Blue, Blue, Electric Blue, that's the Color of my room, where I will live..."

"Blue Blue."

Immortal words by David Bowie from "Sound and Vision" a track off his 1977 album Low part of the Berlin trilogy. Arguably, his best album. Definitely, the one I find that I keep coming back to and listening to again the most over the years; it was produced by Brian Eno.

When Bowie released his boxed set career retrospective, he called it Sound and Vision. He also named his 1990 tour "Sound and Vision," a greatest hits tour in which he intended to play his hits for the last time and then retire them. This has not happened, strictly speaking.

All of which I have shared because this shirt is blue.

Just a blue shirt made by InSport. Wicks moisture.

No logo or design. (Well, there is one on the sleeve but I decided to leave it off the picture.)

"Don't you wonder sometime about sound and vision?"

I spend a lot of time thinking.

This may surprise some people, but I am more introvert than extrovert.

It's true.

I can play the part of an "extravert" (to use Carl Jung's spelling), but it's playing a part, and it can cause me enormous anxiety. My base line state of existence, my preference, my natural state is solitude and quiet.

For example, for many years, I took solo vacations up north at the Neahtawanta Inn (as described best in T-shirt #85: Up North). Though sometimes I had a guest with me for a short time, the majority of the time I was alone. I would read, write, run, bike, swim, eat great food, and go see movies at night (sometimes two in one night). These vacations were just what I needed to recharge and prepare for the assault of another Fall-Winter college school semester of teaching classes.

Another example, I like to go to bed early and read. This is something that my wife likes to do as well. Though last night, I had the Tigers game plugged into one ear, for the most part, we had quiet, reading time in bed with each other and the puppy. I could have gone to the KUDL draft, but I was not feeling well, still not fully recovered, and I needed time at home, time alone with my wife and dog. This is what introverts need.

For me, time alone is crucial. My blogging all began during what I used to call "Bloggy Friday" when my parents would leave for my mother's beauty shop appointment (back when I lived them and later when I was there helping out while Liesel was at work) and I would have the house to myself. Peace and quiet and solitude so that I could do whatever I fancied. I liked this time best around the holidays when I could turn on all the lights on the Christmas decorations as the sunlight outside faded away.

I can be a social creature. I am actually a bit more of a social creature than my wife. But I crave alone time, and if I do not get enough of it every week, I start to go a bit bonkers.

from Fight Club
Why am I writing about alone time and introversion?

Well, last night after dinner, my wife asked me to watch some videos with her. They are TED talk videos. If you have not heard of the TED conference and the TED Talks video podcasts, this is something very much worth your time. Do some exploring on YouTube. Or better yet, start with these three videos included farther below.

First, we watched neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor's talk on what she learned about the brain after the stroke she suffered, and the message she has for all of us about our brains. Later, we watched a second video by Jill Bolte Taylor on brain development and the teenage brain, but first, we watched a wonderful talk by Susan Cain on the power of introverts.

I am including all three videos here on today's blog, plus a video for "Sound and Vision" by David Bowie, as my blog always needs more music. I give my wife credit for finding the videos and sharing them with me. My wife is remarkable. This is also further proof that she is perfect for me.

All three videos are extraordinary and very enlightening. However, I was deeply touched by the Susan Cain video about introversion.

Blue seems the right color for quiet time and introverts. Susan Cain's video touched me deeply because I always feel that I am a misunderstood introvert. At one time, my wife teasingly called me "Mr. Aloha" because of my propensity to chat with cashiers or food vendors. But I am an introvert as my previous examples should illustrate. I prefer quiet time, and, out of my element, I tend to keep to myself. But I do like to spread the sunshine. I think that "farting around" and making connections with the people in our community is an important part of each day, or at least that's what I learned from Kurt Vonnegut.

The Jill Bolte Taylor stuff is fantastic for understanding the brain, especially the "Stroke of Insight" video with her description of the gap between right and left brain functions and the world of peace and tranquility she discovered when her left brain shut down.

Grading Robot is in full swing today and thinking a lot about brains and introversion.

I hope you have time watch these videos and think about these things, too.

If so, PLEASE share comments. I would love to have discussions about these ideas.

Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight


Susan Cain: The power of introverts




JBT TEDxYouthIndy



DAVID BOWIE - SOUND AND VISION - LIVE TOKYO 1990



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THESE NEEDED REPEATING









As I have written before, I am going to just keep sharing this Mogwai video until it strikes lightning with enough people.























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Reflect and connect.

Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you, Mom.

I miss you so very much, Mom.

Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1812.06 - 10:10

NEW (written 1708.27) NOTE on time: I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of your death, Mom, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of your death, Mom. I know this only matters to me, and to you, Mom.
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