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The worst thing that can happen to a true master...

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/11/not-the-master-we-want/
#zen #meditation #practice #spiritualilty #consciousness

The worst thing that can happen to a true master...

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/11/not-the-master-we-want/
#zen #meditation #practice #spiritualilty #consciousness

DAY3
#MastoArt #krita #practice

For many years now I've wanted to learn how to draw, but unfortunately my mind didn't cooperate with me in this endeavor. Today, out in public for all to see I make a commitment to spend at least half a hour every day practicing this skill that has eluded me for so long.

I hope this pursuit can inspire, and show others that it's possible to learn anything you set your mind to do.

Deadline, December 31, 2028.
Goal - Realistic Self Portrait.

Day 1♪

#beginner #artist #practice #gbadraws #y2026

For many years now I've wanted to learn how to draw, but unfortunately my mind didn't cooperate with me in this endeavor. Today, out in public for all to see I make a commitment to spend at least half a hour every day practicing this skill that has eluded me for so long.

I hope this pursuit can inspire, and show others that it's possible to learn anything you set your mind to do.

Deadline, December 31, 2028.
Goal - Realistic Self Portrait.

Day 1♪

#beginner #artist #practice #gbadraws #y2026

What are the judgements which students are making as they use AI?

I enjoyed this paper by Walton et al about the role of judgement in how students use AI. There’s currently a startling lack of rich data about the judgements students actually make in their use of chatbots chatbots, as they summarise on pg 2:

There remains little information beyond decontextualised self-reports about
what these judgements might be and how they influence what students learn (or fail to learn) from completing their assessments. Thus, educators and institutions continue to design assessments and set policy to take account of GenAI use without understanding how their choices will affect students and learning. Exploring how students make judgements with—and about—GenAI will therefore provide a much-needed perspective on how students are coming to learn with, rely on, and dissemble with GenAI.

Through a nicely designed walk through method they identify six categories of what they call judgement events: time bound occurrences where the student where a student evaluates AI and its outputs as they worked on an assessment. What I particularly like about this framing is how it enables us to distinguish between:

1. The occurance and sequencing of judgement events.
2. The (epistemically) better or worse judgement events which make up that sequence

It does what Milan and I describe in The Platform Learns To Speak as opening the blackbox of AI use in order to look at the process which underpins it. The obvious lesson to take from the notion of judgement events is to ask three questions of assessment design:

1. What is the process? Where and when are judgements called for?
2. What kind of judgement events are desirable for constructive alignment?
3. How does the logic of the design ideally knit together these judgement events?
4. How does the embedding of the assessment support or hinder this ambition?

A crucial point they make in this paper concerns student’s ability to distinguish their own epistemic contribution to the output. I’ve been prone in the last year to saying that we need to help students understand what it feels like to be learning*. I stand by this but I realise it’s a precarious achievement rather than something we can rely on. This is why I like their two points on pg 13 so much:

This makes two points: firstly, GenAI use can enhance or hinder learning,
depending on circumstance. Secondly, students’ own views of what they learnt or how they worked with GenAI use does not distinguish between these cases.

*Thanks to David Meechan for setting me off on this, when he visited us.

What are the judgements which students are making as they use AI?

I enjoyed this paper by Walton et al about the role of judgement in how students use AI. There’s currently a startling lack of rich data about the judgements students actually make in their use of chatbots, as they summarise on pg 2:

There remains little information beyond decontextualised self-reports about
what these judgements might be and how they influence what students learn (or fail to learn) from completing their assessments. Thus, educators and institutions continue to design assessments and set policy to take account of GenAI use without understanding how their choices will affect students and learning. Exploring how students make judgements with—and about—GenAI will therefore provide a much-needed perspective on how students are coming to learn with, rely on, and dissemble with GenAI.

Through a nicely designed walk through method they identify six categories of what they call judgement events: time bound occurrences where the student where a student evaluates AI and its outputs as they worked on an assessment. What I particularly like about this framing is how it enables us to distinguish between:

1. The occurance and sequencing of judgement events.
2. The (epistemically) better or worse judgement events which make up that sequence

It does what Milan and I describe in The Platform Learns To Speak as opening the blackbox of AI use in order to look at the process which underpins it. The obvious lesson to take from the notion of judgement events is to ask four questions of assessment design:

1. What is the process? Where and when are judgements called for?
2. What kind of judgement events are desirable for constructive alignment?
3. How does the logic of the design ideally knit together these judgement events?
4. How does the embedding of the assessment support or hinder this ambition?

A crucial point they make in this paper concerns student’s ability to distinguish their own epistemic contribution to the output. I’ve been prone in the last year to saying that we need to help students understand what it feels like to be learning*. I stand by this but I realise it’s a precarious achievement rather than something we can rely on. This is why I like their two points on pg 13 so much:

This makes two points: firstly, GenAI use can enhance or hinder learning,
depending on circumstance. Secondly, students’ own views of what they learnt or how they worked with GenAI use does not distinguish between these cases.

*Thanks to David Meechan for setting me off on this, when he visited us.

Hey, wait… if student self-reports are intrinsically unreliable than what does that mean for classification and declaration? This is a HUGE issue which I need to come back to.

On the surface, thoughts float as debris

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/10/the-ancient-nets-of-consciousness/
#zen #silence #prayer #meditation #practice #spirituality #consciousness

On the surface, thoughts float as debris

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/10/the-ancient-nets-of-consciousness/
#zen #silence #prayer #meditation #practice #spirituality #consciousness

The long exhale is what actually pulls the brake. You'll feel it land behind the sternum, a half-inch drop, unmistakable.
Cuir do làmh air do chridhe — put your hand on your heart. Do it while you breathe, so the body has a witness.
Your jaw is doing something right now. Check.
What does your body do first when it braces?
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice
The whole morning's issue → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/firesale-everything-blanche-must-go-also-the-uss-lincoln-is-an-awolfest?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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The long exhale is what actually pulls the brake. You'll feel it land behind the sternum, a half-inch drop, unmistakable.
Cuir do làmh air do chridhe — put your hand on your heart. Do it while you breathe, so the body has a witness.
Your jaw is doing something right now. Check.
What does your body do first when it braces?
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice
The whole morning's issue → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/firesale-everything-blanche-must-go-also-the-uss-lincoln-is-an-awolfest?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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Before you touch the news: inhale through the nose, then — without exhaling — take a second short sip of air stacked on top of the first. Let it out slow through the mouth, longer than the inhale, like fogging a windowpane. Three rounds.
That second little sip reinflates the collapsed sacs at the bottom of your lungs.
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice #Embodiment
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Before you touch the news: inhale through the nose, then — without exhaling — take a second short sip of air stacked on top of the first. Let it out slow through the mouth, longer than the inhale, like fogging a windowpane. Three rounds.
That second little sip reinflates the collapsed sacs at the bottom of your lungs.
#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Somatic #NervousSystem #SelfCare #Breathwork #Druid #Grounding #MentalHealth #Community #Practice #Embodiment
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Jackson Indians get early start on first day of Missouri Football practice https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/970004/ #Football #HighSchool #Indians #Jackson #Nesbitt #pit #practice

Its gonna be amazing to start up with some training again tomorrow 💪⚔️ 🇯🇵 been waiting all summer to suit up in my armor again! 😁 A new season begins...

#Training #StartUp #Kendo #Swordmanship #Practice #MartialArt

Its gonna be amazing to start up with some training again tomorrow 💪⚔️ 🇯🇵 been waiting all summer to suit up in my armor again! 😁 A new season begins...

#Training #StartUp #Kendo #Swordmanship #Practice #MartialArt

I have boringly and repetitively built my ninth Western style shirt (I previously miscounted, I'd thought I had already done 9, but I'd only done 8), using fabric I used for shirt 3 - this one's a different pattern, for a different recipient.

This shirt construction began by feeling cursed, but by the end of the process (which took me a long time due to early cursedness), it came out pretty good I think.

Each one does seem to get a little better?

#sewing #westernShirts #practice

I have boringly and repetitively built my ninth Western style shirt (I previously miscounted, I'd thought I had already done 9, but I'd only done 8), using fabric I used for shirt 3 - this one's a different pattern, for a different recipient.

This shirt construction began by feeling cursed, but by the end of the process (which took me a long time due to early cursedness), it came out pretty good I think.

Each one does seem to get a little better?

#sewing #westernShirts #practice

"...as a dead man on reprieve, the dying man falls outside the thinkable, which is identified with what one can do. In leaving the field circumscribed by the possibilities of treatment, it enters a region of meaninglessness. Nothing can be said in a place where nothing more can be done"

Michel de Certeau, Practices of Everyday Life, Ch.14

#practice #activity #identity

"...as a dead man on reprieve, the dying man falls outside the thinkable, which is identified with what one can do. In leaving the field circumscribed by the possibilities of treatment, it enters a region of meaninglessness. Nothing can be said in a place where nothing more can be done"

Michel de Certeau, Practices of Everyday Life, Ch.14

#practice #activity #identity

The Gift of Slowing Down

A Sunday Softening Practice

As the years flow ever onward, I continue to seek quiet and calm—a softer pace, a slower life.

The moments of stillness heal and refresh my spirit, allowing that sense of calm to flow into other areas of my life.

I caution you, dear reader, though: do not believe for a moment that I am calm, cool, and collected at all times. I lose my temper. I become frustrated. I get overwhelmed. I have moments when I am anything but serene.

And that’s okay.

These moments of intense emotion are completely normal and natural. We all have our triggers, those little things that catch us off guard and remind us, Ah, yes. This is where I still have some work to do.

Growth isn’t a destination. It is a continual unfolding.

And sometimes, the best thing we can do for ourselves is simply create a little more space within which that growth can happen.

The pace of modern life can make that difficult. There is always something competing for our attention. Another notification. Another headline. Another message. Another life to look at through a screen.

For this reason, I continue to limit my time on social media.

Less time scrolling and more time with my dog, with family and friends, with good books and cozy cups of tea. More time noticing the warmth of summer, the smell of the woods, the sound of birds. More time immersed in the moments of my own life, rather than scrolling past the lives of others.

This has become one of the most beneficial gifts I can give myself:

The gift of attention.
The gift of noticing.

When I slow down enough to notice, I find small moments of wonder everywhere.

A shaft of sunlight falling across the floor.

The warmth of a cup held between my hands.

The sound of birds outside the window.

A walk through the woods.

My dog’s ridiculous happiness at something I will never understand.

None of these moments are particularly extraordinary. And yet, together, they make up a life.

There is a simple, exquisite joy in actually being here for it.

And it is often in these moments that I realize how little my frustration and impatience accomplish. Being angry about how life is unfolding does not change its unfolding. Worrying about what has already happened does not change the past. Trying to hurry what isn’t ready to happen only creates more tension within me.

If only it were as easy to remember this in the middle of turmoil as it is when I am sitting quietly with a cup of tea.

So I pause.

I notice.

I ask myself what is truly deserving of my attention—and what isn’t.

I step away from habits that leave me feeling scattered and make room for the things that bring me back to myself.

And slowly, I begin again.

More deliberately.
More intentionally.
More authentically.

Perhaps this is what slowing down really means.

It isn’t necessarily about doing less. It is about being more fully present for what we are already doing.

It is choosing to taste the coffee instead of drinking it while answering emails.

It is taking the long way home because the evening light is beautiful.

It is reading a few pages of a book instead of reaching automatically for the phone.

It is sitting quietly with your dog.

It is allowing yourself to rest without feeling that rest must be earned.

It is noticing.

It is allowing yourself to arrive fully in the life that is already happening around you.

And perhaps that is the greatest gift we can give ourselves—not another goal to accomplish, but the opportunity to actually experience our lives as they unfold.

A Guided Meditation for Slowing Down and Living Deliberately

If you’d like to take this idea a little further, I created a guided meditation to accompany this reflection.

This gentle practice is an invitation to step away from the noise for a little while—to soften, become still, and reconnect with the simple beauty of being present.

We slow the breath, settle into the body, and explore what it might feel like to move through life with a little more intention and a little less urgency.

So find a comfortable place, press play, and give yourself permission to simply be here for a while.

You don’t have to accomplish anything.
You don’t have to get anywhere.
You can simply slow down and notice.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ECKQm5lhBwLzt9U2M2Fer?si=hmClvZCuQhqBYbAKp_1uMg

The Gift of Slowing Down

A Sunday Softening Practice

As the years flow ever onward, I continue to seek quiet and calm—a softer pace, a slower life.

The moments of stillness heal and refresh my spirit, allowing that sense of calm to flow into other areas of my life.

I caution you, dear reader, though: do not believe for a moment that I am calm, cool, and collected at all times. I lose my temper. I become frustrated. I get overwhelmed. I have moments when I am anything but serene.

And that’s okay.

These moments of intense emotion are completely normal and natural. We all have our triggers, those little things that catch us off guard and remind us, Ah, yes. This is where I still have some work to do.

Growth isn’t a destination. It is a continual unfolding.

And sometimes, the best thing we can do for ourselves is simply create a little more space within which that growth can happen.

The pace of modern life can make that difficult. There is always something competing for our attention. Another notification. Another headline. Another message. Another life to look at through a screen.

For this reason, I continue to limit my time on social media.

Less time scrolling and more time with my dog, with family and friends, with good books and cozy cups of tea. More time noticing the warmth of summer, the smell of the woods, the sound of birds. More time immersed in the moments of my own life, rather than scrolling past the lives of others.

This has become one of the most beneficial gifts I can give myself:

The gift of attention.
The gift of noticing.

When I slow down enough to notice, I find small moments of wonder everywhere.

A shaft of sunlight falling across the floor.

The warmth of a cup held between my hands.

The sound of birds outside the window.

A walk through the woods.

My dog’s ridiculous happiness at something I will never understand.

None of these moments are particularly extraordinary. And yet, together, they make up a life.

There is a simple, exquisite joy in actually being here for it.

And it is often in these moments that I realize how little my frustration and impatience accomplish. Being angry about how life is unfolding does not change its unfolding. Worrying about what has already happened does not change the past. Trying to hurry what isn’t ready to happen only creates more tension within me.

If only it were as easy to remember this in the middle of turmoil as it is when I am sitting quietly with a cup of tea.

So I pause.

I notice.

I ask myself what is truly deserving of my attention—and what isn’t.

I step away from habits that leave me feeling scattered and make room for the things that bring me back to myself.

And slowly, I begin again.

More deliberately.
More intentionally.
More authentically.

Perhaps this is what slowing down really means.

It isn’t necessarily about doing less. It is about being more fully present for what we are already doing.

It is choosing to taste the coffee instead of drinking it while answering emails.

It is taking the long way home because the evening light is beautiful.

It is reading a few pages of a book instead of reaching automatically for the phone.

It is sitting quietly with your dog.

It is allowing yourself to rest without feeling that rest must be earned.

It is noticing.

It is allowing yourself to arrive fully in the life that is already happening around you.

And perhaps that is the greatest gift we can give ourselves—not another goal to accomplish, but the opportunity to actually experience our lives as they unfold.

A Guided Meditation for Slowing Down and Living Deliberately

If you’d like to take this idea a little further, I created a guided meditation to accompany this reflection.

This gentle practice is an invitation to step away from the noise for a little while—to soften, become still, and reconnect with the simple beauty of being present.

We slow the breath, settle into the body, and explore what it might feel like to move through life with a little more intention and a little less urgency.

So find a comfortable place, press play, and give yourself permission to simply be here for a while.

You don’t have to accomplish anything.
You don’t have to get anywhere.
You can simply slow down and notice.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ECKQm5lhBwLzt9U2M2Fer?si=hmClvZCuQhqBYbAKp_1uMg

– What is the purpose of this body?
– This body is for sitting zazen.

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/07/what-is-the-purpose-of-this-body/
#zen #silence #prayer #meditation #practice #spirituality #consciousness

– What is the purpose of this body?
– This body is for sitting zazen.

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/07/what-is-the-purpose-of-this-body/
#zen #silence #prayer #meditation #practice #spirituality #consciousness

Developing compassionate wisdom takes patience, time, study, and regular practice. The results are well worth the effort! www.compassmethods.com, https://youtube.com/@compassionscompass-sb7jo?si=MgEstv0koxLOi6z5 #mentalhealth #practice #love #compassion #wisdom

Developing compassionate wisdom takes patience, time, study, and regular practice. The results are well worth the effort! www.compassmethods.com, https://youtube.com/@compassionscompass-sb7jo?si=MgEstv0koxLOi6z5 #mentalhealth #practice #love #compassion #wisdom

Crisis! No, I'm not kidding 😬

https://makertube.net/w/gtQDJn7EoEWZbEp4VFkGUT

Crisis! No, I'm not kidding 😬

https://makertube.net/w/gtQDJn7EoEWZbEp4VFkGUT

May "God", as you understand this word, be a narrative detour ?

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/06/%cf%83%cf%8d%ce%bc%ce%b2%ce%bf%ce%bb%ce%bf%ce%bd-symbol-re-unite/

#zen #meditation #silence #practice #union #spirituality #consciousness

May "God", as you understand this word, be a narrative detour ?

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/06/%cf%83%cf%8d%ce%bc%ce%b2%ce%bf%ce%bb%ce%bf%ce%bd-symbol-re-unite/

#zen #meditation #silence #practice #union #spirituality #consciousness

Here’s what happened on Day 9 of Browns training camp

BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns were moved inside on Friday due to inclement weather in the forecast,…
#NFL #ClevelandBrowns #Cleveland #Browns #Berea #browns #cleveland #day9 #Football #News5Cleveland #NortheastOhioNews #practice #trainingcamp
https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/967252/

Here’s what happened on Day 9 of Browns training camp https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/967252/ #Berea #browns #cleveland #ClevelandBrowns #ClevelandBrowns #Day9 #Football #News5Cleveland #NFL #NortheastOhioNews #practice #TrainingCamp

Seeing the mechanisms of influence of certain religions,...

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/05/house-of-freedom/
#zen #silence #prayer #meditation #practice #consciousness #liberation

Seeing the mechanisms of influence of certain religions,...

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/05/house-of-freedom/
#zen #silence #prayer #meditation #practice #consciousness #liberation

DaRon knocks it out ❌ | @AmericanAirlines #DallasCowboys #NFL #practice #football #shorts https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QQoVraYknHE

Tuuuuurrrrppp 👏 | @AmericanAirlines #DallasCowboys #highlights #practice #KavontaeTurpin #shorts https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0hqi5wcRz6Q

https://cpmk.org/87-recent-news/444-the-vanguard-is-not-a-matter-of-opinion

Banger of a read from Kenya.

>Communists should indeed reject sectarianism.
>‎
>Sectarianism isolates revolutionaries from the masses.
>‎
>It substitutes slogans for investigation.
>‎
>It mistakes organisational isolation for ideological purity.
>‎
>But there exists another danger.
>‎
>Liquidationism.
>‎
>Liquidationism dissolves the communist party into the general Left.
>‎
>It blurs ideological distinctions.
>‎
>It dismisses organisational discipline.
>‎
>It celebrates diversity while abandoning revolutionary coherence.
>‎
>If sectarianism builds walls where bridges are necessary, liquidationism removes the foundations upon which the bridge itself must stand.
>‎
>Marxism Leninism rejects both.

---Booker Ngesa Omole

#politics
#kenya
#socialism
#communism
#marxism
#MarxismLeninism
#leninism
#vanguardism
#sectarianism
#liquidationism
#BookerNgesaOmole
#BookerOmole
#capitalism
#neocolonialism
#neoimperialism
#colonialism
#imperialism
#theory
#practice
#praxis
#HistoricalMaterialism
#DialecticalMaterialism

https://cpmk.org/87-recent-news/444-the-vanguard-is-not-a-matter-of-opinion

Banger of a read from Kenya.

>Communists should indeed reject sectarianism.
>‎
>Sectarianism isolates revolutionaries from the masses.
>‎
>It substitutes slogans for investigation.
>‎
>It mistakes organisational isolation for ideological purity.
>‎
>But there exists another danger.
>‎
>Liquidationism.
>‎
>Liquidationism dissolves the communist party into the general Left.
>‎
>It blurs ideological distinctions.
>‎
>It dismisses organisational discipline.
>‎
>It celebrates diversity while abandoning revolutionary coherence.
>‎
>If sectarianism builds walls where bridges are necessary, liquidationism removes the foundations upon which the bridge itself must stand.
>‎
>Marxism Leninism rejects both.

---Booker Ngesa Omole

#politics
#kenya
#socialism
#communism
#marxism
#MarxismLeninism
#leninism
#vanguardism
#sectarianism
#liquidationism
#BookerNgesaOmole
#BookerOmole
#capitalism
#neocolonialism
#neoimperialism
#colonialism
#imperialism
#theory
#practice
#praxis
#HistoricalMaterialism
#DialecticalMaterialism

Take a few deep breaths before beginning.

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/04/great-clean-up/
#zen #zazen #silence #Dogen #Meditation #practice #spirituality

Take a few deep breaths before beginning.

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/04/great-clean-up/
#zen #zazen #silence #Dogen #Meditation #practice #spirituality

Saints’ Cesar Ruiz becomes a first-time dad https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/965323/ #BirthOfFirstChild #Caiden #CesarRuiz #DadGang #DavidEdwards #EricMcCoy #FamilyLife #fatherhood #Football #Louisiana #NewOrleans #NewOrleansSaints #NewOrleans #NewOrleansSaints #NFL #OffensiveLineman #PadsPractice #practice #RookieChild #saints #SleepDeprivation #TrainingCamp #TylerShough

On existence and suffering.

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/03/anchoring-with-no-return/
#zen #meditation #prayer #practice #øpirituality #consciousness

On existence and suffering.

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/03/anchoring-with-no-return/
#zen #meditation #prayer #practice #øpirituality #consciousness

perhaps layer by

perhaps layer by 
layer, we will find some level 
of ease in all this – 

nine weeks before hosting guests, 
practicing not measuring
.
20260804:2022
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This body-mind is the realm of restrictions...

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/02/as-one-speaks-above/
#zen #silence #prayer #meditation #practice #consciousness

This body-mind is the realm of restrictions...

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/02/as-one-speaks-above/
#zen #silence #prayer #meditation #practice #consciousness

Surprisingly, the framework of zazen can close in on the disciple.

https://notesandsilence.com/2026/03/01/disciples-of-the-hold/
#zen #silence #practice #consciousness #spirituality #prayer #meditation