Decomposition

Productivity, I find, is a judgment call based on each of our personal experiences and is often overrated.  No one can determine what is valuable or beneficial for someone else - not how they spend their time, the thoughts they generate, or what manifests from those ideas.   

Self-motivation is born from the innate desire to learn - no amount of external criticism, inducement, or punitive action will instigate it.  Additionally, when children are in coercive and controlling environments or relationships, they lose the ability to self-regulate and make decisions. It also destroys their natural curiosity and insatiable thirst to explore their world.  

For me, practical productivity requires the quiet and (often) dormant spaces filled with the humus of previous generations of creativity, where my brain has free rein to wander (get lost), test out theories, and play! 

Weekly Creative Meditations

Not officially a Haiku - I know. Sometimes the joy of playing with words is more important than technicalities.

DRC News

Student members in both DRC Canton & Lawrenceville are taking on several Social Justice issues related to populations of people traditionally facing discrimination. One nine-year-old is passionate about the injustices practiced at the Indian Boarding (Residential) Schools and the bodies they are finding at those schools. She, with the help of Angie, and a couple of other kids, created and installed this memorial to honor them at the Canton Center.   Stay tuned for future projects from the Social Justice Classes.