I was sent this on facebook and found it really funny!
22 August 2008
16 August 2008
PK + Poetry= challenge
OK,
This week I have been working with the Roundhouse and Parkour people as 1 of 5 youth poets (Me (Jazzle Dunne),Kiaz La Kaize, Bayan Gadazpour, Deborah Stevenson, Tyrone Lewis, and our mentor Jacob Sam La Rose) to generate some poetry about free running. This started with a meeting with Calli from Urban Free Flow at the Southbank. This was enlightening as we found out lots about him and free running and the Barcleycard World Free Running championships, which takes place in September. So I went home and started to generate some ideas from my stimuli, which resulted in 7 poems and 1 is a shape poem based on the Urban Free Flow logo. On Monday i will go and get some feedback and critique on these poems and the go and create the final drafts to deliver on Friday. These poems will be displayed around the Roundhouse during the championships. I am very excited as it is my first commission and it is about a subject I love to watch and try to do. I will publish these poems when I have finished them and they have been displayed at the Roundhouse.
This week I have been working with the Roundhouse and Parkour people as 1 of 5 youth poets (Me (Jazzle Dunne),Kiaz La Kaize, Bayan Gadazpour, Deborah Stevenson, Tyrone Lewis, and our mentor Jacob Sam La Rose) to generate some poetry about free running. This started with a meeting with Calli from Urban Free Flow at the Southbank. This was enlightening as we found out lots about him and free running and the Barcleycard World Free Running championships, which takes place in September. So I went home and started to generate some ideas from my stimuli, which resulted in 7 poems and 1 is a shape poem based on the Urban Free Flow logo. On Monday i will go and get some feedback and critique on these poems and the go and create the final drafts to deliver on Friday. These poems will be displayed around the Roundhouse during the championships. I am very excited as it is my first commission and it is about a subject I love to watch and try to do. I will publish these poems when I have finished them and they have been displayed at the Roundhouse.
15 August 2008
The dreaded exam results
I woke up this morning feeling sick and dreading the results.
Went to school and got results, opened envelope and burst into tears. Thank god no one was around to see humiliation. I got B for theatre, C for English Lit, E for Psychology and U for music. This made me feel shit as I have to retake the school year completely. Lucky me eh? It shows the British education system is faulty as I revised extremely hard for music and was told I was aiming for C/B but results said something different. My head of year suggested I see the school councilor, like that makes anyone feel better about themselves. Hey lets see someone who reminds me why I feel inadauqate. Cleaver idea!
After watching Braveheart, writing a poem and talking to my mother about my options I feel slightly better, but still not great...
Went to school and got results, opened envelope and burst into tears. Thank god no one was around to see humiliation. I got B for theatre, C for English Lit, E for Psychology and U for music. This made me feel shit as I have to retake the school year completely. Lucky me eh? It shows the British education system is faulty as I revised extremely hard for music and was told I was aiming for C/B but results said something different. My head of year suggested I see the school councilor, like that makes anyone feel better about themselves. Hey lets see someone who reminds me why I feel inadauqate. Cleaver idea!
After watching Braveheart, writing a poem and talking to my mother about my options I feel slightly better, but still not great...
05 August 2008
Parkour
This week I am currently taking part in a course in Parkour. Its strenuous but fun. This can be seen in London at the Southbank and other places around London
I was first introduced by a school friend known as Mad Monk in the Parkour world, this was when we were 12/13. Mad Monk and friends use to jump and climb all over the school site from leaping over the toxic school pond to off the school bin shed. Teachers tried to stop this and failed then an accident happened to gruesome to discribe which forced students to do it elsewhere.
There are some great videos of Parkour in action like Jump london and District 13.
I would recommend the gym first and strapping up really weak ankles and wrists. As they ache after, so much Paracetamol doesn't relieve the pain.
I was first introduced by a school friend known as Mad Monk in the Parkour world, this was when we were 12/13. Mad Monk and friends use to jump and climb all over the school site from leaping over the toxic school pond to off the school bin shed. Teachers tried to stop this and failed then an accident happened to gruesome to discribe which forced students to do it elsewhere.
Parkour is a physical activity that is difficult to categorize. Often miscategorized as a sport or an extreme sport, parkour has no set of rules, team work, formal hierarchy, or competitiveness.[5][6] On the contrary it is more like an art or discipline that resembles self-defense in the ancient martial arts.[7][8] According to David Belle, "the physical aspect of parkour is getting over all the obstacles in your path as you would in an emergency. You want to move in such a way, with any movement, as to help you gain the most ground on someone or something, whether escaping from it or chasing toward it."[9] Thus, when faced with a hostile confrontation with a person, one will be able to speak, fight, or flee. As martial arts are a form of training for the fight, parkour is a form of training for the flight.[8] Because of its unique nature, it is often said that parkour is in its own category.
An important characteristic of parkour is efficiency. Practitioners move not only as fast as they can, but also in the most direct and efficient way possible; a characteristic that distinguishes it from the similar practice of free running, which places more emphasis on freedom of movement, such as acrobatics. Efficiency also involves avoiding injuries, short and long-term, part of why parkour's unofficial motto is être et durer (to be and to last). Those who are skilled at this activity normally have an extremely keen spatial awareness.[citation needed]
Traceurs claim that parkour also influences one's thought process by enhancing self-confidence and critical-thinking skills that allow one to overcome everyday physical and mental obstacles.[5][10][11] A study by Neuropsychiatrie de l'Enfance et de l'Adolescence in France reflects that traceurs seek for more sensation and leadership than gymnastic practitioners. They also have a more narcissistic personality, but one that does not seem to be linked to maladaptive or psychopathologic behaviors.[12]
There are some great videos of Parkour in action like Jump london and District 13.
I would recommend the gym first and strapping up really weak ankles and wrists. As they ache after, so much Paracetamol doesn't relieve the pain.
Poetry
I love poetry, beyond what we are taught in education because it is a whole other world. From the greats to the lesser known modern poets, there is certainly something for everyone.
I write poetry and have been writing for 6/7 years now, starting with acrostics and now writing sonnets, bops and sexatinas etc. The performance of poetry is even better as it can be entertaining and sometimes really enlightening. I personally am a part of The Roundhouse Poets, who regularly perform and some of the poets are established and slowly gaining recognition for their work. The group have a vast range of poetic styles for example there is an amazing MC (Kaz Dela Kazie) to the audience participation poet (Bayan). The mentor is the amazing Jacob Sam La Rose, who is also a web designer and photographer as well as an established international poet. He encourages us to experiment with the different forms and to not rely on cliches. These classes run at the Roundhouse, Camden for 13 to 25(?) year old on a Friday night (7 till 9pm) for 10 weeks a term.
Me performing on the main stage at the Roundhouse with 3 other poets.
Me on the Mic at a Christmas showcase doing some jazz poetry.
Performing at Process ran by Louis Antwi at the Roundhouse.
Performing at the Christmas Showcase at the Roundhouse again.
I write poetry and have been writing for 6/7 years now, starting with acrostics and now writing sonnets, bops and sexatinas etc. The performance of poetry is even better as it can be entertaining and sometimes really enlightening. I personally am a part of The Roundhouse Poets, who regularly perform and some of the poets are established and slowly gaining recognition for their work. The group have a vast range of poetic styles for example there is an amazing MC (Kaz Dela Kazie) to the audience participation poet (Bayan). The mentor is the amazing Jacob Sam La Rose, who is also a web designer and photographer as well as an established international poet. He encourages us to experiment with the different forms and to not rely on cliches. These classes run at the Roundhouse, Camden for 13 to 25(?) year old on a Friday night (7 till 9pm) for 10 weeks a term.
Me performing on the main stage at the Roundhouse with 3 other poets.
Me on the Mic at a Christmas showcase doing some jazz poetry.
Performing at Process ran by Louis Antwi at the Roundhouse.
Performing at the Christmas Showcase at the Roundhouse again.
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