[vn-families] 18 New York students took the "Listening with the Heart" class

[Pham, Quoc Binh]

Cha`o qui' vi.,

DDie^?m no^?i ba^.t ma` to^i muo^'n ne^u le^n la`:
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The students studied the philosophy of a Vietnamese philosopher,
Thich Nhat Hanh, and learned about compassion, loving kindness,
mindfulness and meditation "to identify their internal energy
centers."
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Cha`o

Pham Quoc Binh
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Source: http://www.evesun.com/chenango-county/news-stories/2007-05-18/1930/OV-students-display-art-work-at-Chenango-Roasters

OV students display art work at Chenango Roasters

By: Jessica Lewis, Sun Staff Writer 
Published on: Friday, May 18, 2007

SOUTH OTSELIC - Eighteen students in the Otselic Valley School
District had the chance to participate in a new and different
type of class this semester. The students took part in a class
titled "Listening with the Heart," and during the week of
May 21-25, they will have the chance to display the work they
completed throughout the fall semester.

The class, "Listening with the Heart," was taught jointly
by art teacher Mary Helen Blake and English teacher Michael
Foor-Pessin. Throughout the semester, the students created two
major pieces of art work, a mask and a large acrylic painting.

"These fabulous works of art are the products of a semester-long
investigation into the disciplines of studio art, communications,
psychology, and cultural anthropology," Foor-Pessin and Blake
explain in a write-up for the art show. According to the release,
the students studied the philosophy of a Vietnamese philosopher,
Thich Nhat Hanh, and learned about compassion, loving kindness,
mindfulness and meditation "to identify their internal energy
centers."

The students also investigated symbolism for their first project
entitled "The Person Behind the Mask." The mask sculpture
work was used to show the difference between reality and
appearance. "The mask captures that world we choose to show
others, while the sculptures represent the realm of the spirit
heart, that inner landscape that is often hidden from view,"
the write-up explains.

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