Artistic Expressions

On a trip to the Dallas Museum of Art, the Artistic Expressions class viewed a piece by Lee Kraser, Pollination. They were inspired to write this poem expressing how it made them feel. Let yourself experience the creativity!

Golden grass, golden sun, earring gold, gold bug, fall leaves

Vanilla, milk, white coconut, white chocolate, snow

Blood red, fire engine red, red wine, red velvet, red rose, cranberry juice

Grasshopper green, tree green, green grass, green leaf

Bug legs, fish

Going into a garden jungle, going into a green jungle

Running through a field with cicadas chasing me with red roses in my hair

Everything

Flowers, roses, cicadas

Grass, bugs

Wind, movement, everything

Apple, cantaloupe, watermelon, cherries, grapes

Aromas of flower, freshly mown grass

Mustard, red candy, north wind

Movement, energy

Garden jungle, green grass

Love, harmony

Offense Taken

Look at this great five minute documentary!







Offense Taken: A Documentary About How One Community Responded to the R Word.

In the spring of 2007, when a Minneapolis theater company put on a show titled “Rise of the Celebretards,” people with disabilities and their allies took action. “Offense Taken” documents this community’s organized response to the play title and to the public use of the “R” word (“retard”).

By lifting up the voices of a broad range of citizens—people with disabilities, allies, educators, artists, and neutral theatergoers—the documentary also serves as a springboard for discussion about language: “Does artistic freedom trump human rights?”

With the release of this film, a coalition of Minnesota organizations and individuals is launching a campaign to encourage a community-wide discussion about disrespectful language and human rights.



View original site at, http://www.selfadvocacy.org/offensetaken/.