{"id":4332,"date":"2020-04-01T11:29:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T15:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/?p=4332"},"modified":"2020-04-14T06:05:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T10:05:49","slug":"imagine-beyond-your-ceiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/imagine-beyond-your-ceiling\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagine Beyond Your Ceiling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><em>(Read EVERYTHING in this post. Do not skip anything.)<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#666666;color:#ffff99\" class=\"has-text-color has-background\">\u2665 It&#8217;s not easy to have to stay inside your house for weeks and weeks. <br>\u2665 But when it&#8217;s for the health and safety of your family and your own health and safety, staying inside becomes a clear choice to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#666699;color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-text-color has-background\">\u2665 Every day I open the backyard door and look out, and look up, so that my eyes can travel far into the infinite distance of the sky. <br>\u2665 At night, before I sleep, I look up into the dark ceiling, and imagine what is beyond the ceiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><em>Assignment:<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#6666ff;color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-text-color has-background\">\u2665 Create something imaginative and hopeful. <br>\u2665 Look up and imagine, beyond the ceiling of your home, beyond the trees outside, beyond the electric wires above the trees, beyond the clouds, beyond the sky, beyond outer space, beyond tomorrow, and even beyond what we can guess will happen in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#66ccff\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-very-dark-gray-color\">\u2665 Create something where you show your hope, beyond the limited space that you are in. <br>\u2665 Create one of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a drawing <ul><li>pencil<\/li><li>colored pencil<\/li><li>crayons<\/li><li>etc.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>a painting<ul><li>watercolor <\/li><li>acrylic <\/li><li>etc.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>a digital drawing<ul><li>computer program<\/li><li>phone app<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>a poem<\/li><li>a story<\/li><li>a creative description of something you want us to imagine<\/li><li>a video <\/li><li>a &#8230; ?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><em>Due:<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#990033;color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-text-color has-background\">\u2665 We have 3 weekdays remaining this week, and we have a week of Spring Break next week. I want you to create your next work during this time.<br>\u2665 This is not a quick sketch or a quick text, but a long term project. Take your time with it. Due April 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><em>Examples:<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2665 Examples below: These are only for inspiration, not for copying. <br>\u2665 Create your own artwork or writing or other creative work.<br>\u2665 You do not have to make your work related to any of these examples. <br>\u2665 Hand in in Google Classroom by April 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1738\" height=\"1297\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Besieged-Civilization-1996.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Besieged-Civilization-1996.jpg 1738w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Besieged-Civilization-1996-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Besieged-Civilization-1996-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Besieged-Civilization-1996-1536x1146.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Besieged-Civilization-1996-560x418.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Besieged-Civilization-1996-260x194.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Besieged-Civilization-1996-160x119.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1738px) 100vw, 1738px\" \/><figcaption><em>&#8220;Besieged Civilization&#8221; by Mr. Bazzi, 1996<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1507\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/The-False-Mirror-by-Rene\u0301-Magritte-1928-2000x1507.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/The-False-Mirror-by-Rene\u0301-Magritte-1928-2000x1507.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/The-False-Mirror-by-Rene\u0301-Magritte-1928-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/The-False-Mirror-by-Rene\u0301-Magritte-1928-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/The-False-Mirror-by-Rene\u0301-Magritte-1928-1536x1158.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/The-False-Mirror-by-Rene\u0301-Magritte-1928-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/The-False-Mirror-by-Rene\u0301-Magritte-1928-560x422.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/The-False-Mirror-by-Rene\u0301-Magritte-1928-260x196.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/The-False-Mirror-by-Rene\u0301-Magritte-1928-160x121.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption><em>&#8220;The False Mirror&#8221; by Rene\u0301 Magritte, 1928<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1634\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Joy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Joy.jpg 1634w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Joy-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Joy-100x50.jpg 100w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Joy-1536x771.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Joy-560x281.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Joy-260x130.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Joy-160x80.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1634px) 100vw, 1634px\" \/><figcaption><em>&#8220;Farah (JOY)&#8221; digital art by Mr. Bazzi, 2018<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#336699;color:#ffff99\" class=\"has-text-color has-background\"><strong>Our Nights Are Ours Again<br><\/strong><em>(a poem by Mr. Bazzi)<br><\/em><br>Our nights are ours again<br>Our ceilings are skies again<br>Beautifully darkened and stormy skies<br>Beautifully sunny and distant eyes<br>Again our minds can sing<br>With a brush or fountain pen<br>Our nights are ours again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1422\" height=\"1602\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Blue-mountain-1908.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Blue-mountain-1908.jpg 1422w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Blue-mountain-1908-300x338.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Blue-mountain-1908-89x100.jpg 89w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Blue-mountain-1908-1363x1536.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Blue-mountain-1908-560x631.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Blue-mountain-1908-260x293.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Blue-mountain-1908-160x180.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1422px) 100vw, 1422px\" \/><figcaption><em>&#8220;Blue Mountain&#8221; by Wassily Kandinsky, 1908<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Night-1907-2000x1161.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4339\" width=\"580\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Night-1907-2000x1161.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Night-1907-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Night-1907-100x58.jpg 100w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Night-1907-1536x892.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Night-1907-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Night-1907-560x325.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Night-1907-260x151.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Wassily-Kandinsky-Night-1907-160x93.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption><em>&#8220;Night&#8221; by Wassily Kandinsky, 1907<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1127\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Edvard-Munch-The-Sun-1916-2000x1127.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Edvard-Munch-The-Sun-1916-2000x1127.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Edvard-Munch-The-Sun-1916-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Edvard-Munch-The-Sun-1916-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Edvard-Munch-The-Sun-1916-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Edvard-Munch-The-Sun-1916-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Edvard-Munch-The-Sun-1916-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Edvard-Munch-The-Sun-1916-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Edvard-Munch-The-Sun-1916-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption><em>The Sun by Edvard Munch, 1916<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1130\" height=\"1590\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Separation-in-the-Evening-1922.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Separation-in-the-Evening-1922.jpg 1130w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Separation-in-the-Evening-1922-300x422.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Separation-in-the-Evening-1922-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Separation-in-the-Evening-1922-1092x1536.jpg 1092w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Separation-in-the-Evening-1922-560x788.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Separation-in-the-Evening-1922-260x366.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Separation-in-the-Evening-1922-160x225.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1130px) 100vw, 1130px\" \/><figcaption><em>&#8220;Separation in the Evening&#8221; by Paul Klee, 1922<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1060\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Chosen-Site-1940.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Chosen-Site-1940.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Chosen-Site-1940-300x453.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Chosen-Site-1940-66x100.jpg 66w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Chosen-Site-1940-1018x1536.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Chosen-Site-1940-560x845.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Chosen-Site-1940-260x392.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Chosen-Site-1940-160x242.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><figcaption><em>&#8220;Chosen Site&#8221; by Paul Klee, 1940<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1592\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Ad-Parnassum-1932-2000x1592.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Ad-Parnassum-1932-2000x1592.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Ad-Parnassum-1932-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Ad-Parnassum-1932-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Ad-Parnassum-1932-1536x1223.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Ad-Parnassum-1932-560x446.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Ad-Parnassum-1932-260x207.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Ad-Parnassum-1932-160x127.jpg 160w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Ad-Parnassum-1932.jpg 2035w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption><em>&#8220;Ad Parnassum&#8221; by Paul Klee, 1932<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1548\" height=\"1602\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Red-Balloon-1922.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Red-Balloon-1922.jpg 1548w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Red-Balloon-1922-300x310.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Red-Balloon-1922-97x100.jpg 97w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Red-Balloon-1922-1484x1536.jpg 1484w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Red-Balloon-1922-560x580.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Red-Balloon-1922-260x269.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Paul-Klee-Red-Balloon-1922-160x166.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1548px) 100vw, 1548px\" \/><figcaption><em>&#8220;Red-Balloon&#8221; by Paul Klee, 1922<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1259\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Nostalgia-Land-Memory-Series-2005-2000x1259.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Nostalgia-Land-Memory-Series-2005-2000x1259.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Nostalgia-Land-Memory-Series-2005-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Nostalgia-Land-Memory-Series-2005-100x63.jpg 100w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Nostalgia-Land-Memory-Series-2005-1536x967.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Nostalgia-Land-Memory-Series-2005-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Nostalgia-Land-Memory-Series-2005-560x352.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Nostalgia-Land-Memory-Series-2005-260x164.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Nostalgia-Land-Memory-Series-2005-160x101.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption><em>&#8220;Nostalgia (Land Memory Series)&#8221; 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by Mr. Bazzi, 2004<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1618\" height=\"1700\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Lives-Within-Places.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Lives-Within-Places.jpg 1618w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Lives-Within-Places-300x315.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Lives-Within-Places-95x100.jpg 95w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Lives-Within-Places-1462x1536.jpg 1462w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Lives-Within-Places-560x588.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Lives-Within-Places-260x273.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/04\/Lives-Within-Places-160x168.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1618px) 100vw, 1618px\" \/><figcaption><em>&#8220;Lives Within Places&#8221; by Mr. Bazzi, 2004<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#336699;color:#ffff99\" class=\"has-text-color has-background\"><strong>Invocation Before Senility or Cataclysm <br><\/strong><em>(another poem by Mr. Bazzi)<br><\/em><br>Is this the beginning of waking up? <br>From the heavy purring kicks of a steeped slumber. <br>Mindless we rise to the night. <br>Out of its cramped confines. <br>Its blurrier measures. <br>Periwinkle and grey ridges and bluffs. <br>To the truer knowledge of our weakest nature. <br><br>Cracking the egg wall of a debilitating reliance. <br>We scratch away not knowing. <br>Why the direction of in and why the direction of out. <br><br>We seek from the rim of a worm\u2019s hole in the grass. <br>We chirp at the soil and pebbles that populate our immediate perception. <br>We sing praises to the limitations of our meagerest appetites. <br><br>The teeth you grind, from them you could never repent. <br>The limb bones you grind down, you can never uncrumble. <br>The organ tissue you waste away, you can never unrinse. <br>And yet you look forward to a day when it might all be rebuilt and resurfaced for you. <br>And yet you still seem distant from seeing anything you\u2019ve been given.<br>While your mind grows sharper with every horizon. <br>Your mind sharpens precariously more slender. <br>And you are more and less. <br>Misunderstood. <br><br>You rise to the night. <br>And the sun also rises in four ten minute increments. <br>Your prayer also rises. <br>In four or three or two one minute increments. <br><br>You seek to deserve the wages of your legislated exchange. <br>You rise to the night to seek a new fountain. <br>The emptying of your hands. <br>The absolving of your face and limbs. <br>The absolving of your earned burdens. <br><br>Look at the old men that have left you. <br>They spent years worrying about tomorrow. <br>Or maybe that is just your perception of them. <br>Maybe they spent years merely moving forward. <br>Or maybe that is just your perception of them. <br>Maybe they lived years laughing under the sun. <br>At our forthcoming labyrinth that they would never be made to suffer. <br>That is the perception of them you never had. <br><br>The depths call to you. <br>The depths of a worrisome remembrance. <br>Like a passing nervous tickle on your elbow. <br>You backpedal on your promises to the spirits of things. <br>Now the night fades into morning. <br>You will wake again at the next end of nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Read EVERYTHING in this post. 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