The Renewal of Culture - Christopher Reynolds, M.Ed., Teacher, Musician, and Traditional Healer
Chris is passionate about "waging creativity" - as he does this in all his work - to nurture that which is growing forth from the land, to help things to be born, instead of destroying things. His art movement, "urrealism", teaches others how to bring forth what's best in people.
Chris describes our shared challenge is "to be able to respond to what has not been seen before. The energy needed to do this in the classroom is the same energy that is needed to renew a region's culture.
Creativity is not just making things, it is in how you perceive what is before you. Each of us holds a receptive mirror, a unique way of seeing things, and when you are able to use the mirror, that quality is 'presence' - the capacity to reflect back and see the creativity, to see what is coming forth. Teachers in touch with their 'mirror' can reflect back and show the future it's own face, responding in such a way to strengthen what is coming forth.
When the future is carried in - in the classroom - it's carried in with shaky legs, it's weak, it's unsure, and you don't know where it came from. This is the kind of presence someone will bring."
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