here is a talk I gave last night in Athens Georgia. My good friend and adopted younger brother, Evan McGown has begun a Nature Community project called Institute for Wild Intelligence. This talk has a strong theme of what does it take to have resilient community and what does deep nature connection have to do […]
Writing our own songs from the land, this is the high bar. This song was written in the UK during the first UK Art of Mentoring, July 2010 and performed by the first Ontario Art of Mentoring, August 2010. White Horse Bridge This is the land of the long setting sun connecting my people as […]
“Now here’s a sad song for ya, it brings a tear to me glass eye” quips Uncle Gerry, “It’s so sad even the cross-eyed had tears runnin’ down the back o’ their necks…” Gerry Brady is a trick a minute. “I’m the only leprechaun in captivity” . There’s a lot to be said about the […]
One of the keys to healthy culture is the creation of song, poem and story that reflects our values, dreams and visions. As a cultural creative I have looked to other cultures to get a clue about authentic songs and stories. Songs written from the land, songs with power. Until recently this was a pattern […]
I’m in th UK tonight in a 500 year old Manor Cottage. Thatched roof, the whole deal. I arrived with Evan McGown to Heathrow airport. We’re here for the first UK art of mentoring. We learned a song, after an official cup of tea, called Raggle Taggle Gypsy O ! The scene of English Gardens, […]
Back in Toronto. Last night I gave a three hour talk at the Royal Botanical Garden. It started with the awareness question of “Notice all the squares in the room, anything that is a square or rectangle.” Then another question: ” Notice all the circles in the room”. Once asked, the shapes came into our […]
Today’s post is an audio clip from my recent Toronto talk, a wicked brief 2 minuter. It’s a special edit for the folks that I spoke to in Montague, Ma recently. What if I gave up knowing ? To create the changes we would like to see in the world, in our community, our family, […]
Today’s post will be short since I am dropping in a 10min clip from the Toronto evening talk. This talk was at The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and we had over 100 people in attendance, plus a subway train with distemper. The theme: Mentoring deep nature connection, it’s the Mentor’s Choice A couple […]