This week I was thinking of some goals I have for this summer when this thought struck me –
Why not set some personal goals using the Grand SLAM as a guide? I’m always looking for ways to relate Arts in Letters topics to modern life, so I thought I’d give it a try. Here’s my first Summer SLAM Bucket List:
Science – gardening, building self-watering containers, and here’s the big goal, canning and/or preserving what I hope will be a bounteous harvest
Literature – read (actually read not listen to while doing other things) book written by an AinL subscriber, been meaning to do this for a year now; read some first works by AinL subjects, the not so well-known things by Shelley, etc
Art – see Cezanne exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago; maybe plan a day trip to Indy’s Newfields Art Museum, too, they’ve got an interactive Monet exhibit coming up
Music – why is this hardest for a musician? I think re-establish a daily practice routine would be most beneficial, maybe learn to beatbox. Haven’t heard a flutist beatbox? Here’s an intro by one of the masters, Greg Patillo
Maybe you’ll be inspired to create your own, probably much cooler than mine! If you want to share, I’d love to hear what you’ll come up with at communications@artsinletters.com
