At the heart of each lesson plan is defiance, how to in a million forms - defying Death, in this case, "how to" they do.

Reading: Between Two Kingdoms (excerpt)

Media: American Symphony (watch)

Media: Awake My Soul - Mumford w Jon Baptiste (listen)

*Reflection assignment: focus on the lengthy dedicated silence during American Symphony (performance) as starting point. Then tell me about what it means to express dedication.

card of the day - "student of swords" - used to be his. I pulled it after midnight, then worked.