Wednesday, May 18, 2022

The Sidewalk

I tried (and failed) to convince my students that it was better to be able to appreciate a sidewalk than to own a yacht. With the sidewalk there is no need to keep it from changing.
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1 comment:

martha said...

with such random and richly interpretive options,
like for this sidewalk piece, your students were
waiting for maturity to understand.

May 19, 2022 at 10:28 AM

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