the blog of alice mercer

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MY FAVOURITE MUSIC…, originally uploaded by nadworks.

Think about what music means to you and the part it plays in your life. Please write two sentence telling me your opinion of music in general, and how you use it in your life. Include information about why you feel that way.

My friend, Carrie Salazar, recently sent me these old pics she had taken of Leroy, and her daughter Ruby, who were born within a month of each other. They look like they are from Spring/Summer of 1999, and are just gorgeous. Carrie was taking a class on B&W photography (non-digital) and darkroom work at UC Berkeley, where she went to school and now works. Thank you Carrie, these are a treasure…

This summer while I was traveling with family up to Eugene, OR,  I took a class on making flip book movies (stop-action). I had to do a project as homework. Rather than doing it on my own, I worked with my nephews to create some movies. Here they are:

Download Video: Posted by mizmercer at TeacherTube.com.

These are videos done by the six year old twins. I pulled in the pics, and added sound, but the kids set up the pictures and made the choices on sound. The second video by Aaron is very impressive because of the detail of movement.

Here is the video done by their older brother:
Download Video: Posted by mizmercer at TeacherTube.com.

I’m proud of there work, and now I know you can do some form of this even with six year olds.

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Welcome to my new blog. I’m trying to port over old blogs and web pages that I’ve built up over time.