by meganannetodd | Oct 6, 2017 | Blog
“The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile, can shape the students. What the educator does in teaching is to make it possible for the students to become themselves.” – Paulo Freire, We Make the Road...
by meganannetodd | Sep 22, 2017 | Blog
Plato wanted no poets in his republic, because writers, like artists and Arc Benders, are by definition question-askers, disturbers of peace, and truth-tellers. And it’s true. This is the domain of Arc-Bending Artists- To ask questions, truth-tell, internet-yell and...
by meganannetodd | Sep 8, 2017 | Blog
All mature Sequoias have withstood fire, not one fire, but many, in their lifetime. And their ancient wisdom can teach us many things about standing in/through/with this current moment of social and political fire. Particularly, who we want to show up as and how, in...
by meganannetodd | Aug 27, 2017 | Blog
Zora Neale Hurston once described the challenge of examining her own culture in this way, “It was fitting me like a tight chemise. I couldn’t see it for wearing it.” White privilege is the “tight chemise” that many white people don’t see because they have been...
by meganannetodd | Aug 11, 2017 | Blog
This is For the dreamers, The doers, and the change-makers who dream BIG AUDACIOUS VISIONS + DO LIFE-GIVING WORK. This is for the healers, the artists, coaches and the truth-tellers who create and intervene in the world with new paradigms for what is possible. This is...