I teach French and creativity at Berea High School (24 yrs) and creativity to teachers of the gifted as an adjunct prof at Ashland (10 yrs). I am published in holistic learning and spirituality in education. After 9/11, I wanted to teach to the general public what I had been teaching in schools, so I founded Urrealism. Urrealism is an updated Surrealism. What I added was Jungian, archetypal and spiritual psychology, the cosmology of the expanding universe, and creativity as a relational activity. I am published in the field of gifted ed, the only papers on depth psychology and giftedness in the field are by me and friend, Jane Piirto of Ashland. I am a singer songwriter with 15 original Cds. Lastly, I am on the board at Angel House of Strongsville, a center of creativity and spirituality. At Angel House, I teach and also keep the sweat lodge there.
For me, the creativity of the people is a region's greatest natural resource and we are in a time in history when creativity in relationship that serves the larger whole is the whole-est way forward.
The second printing of The Highway Home comes at a time of stepping forth in sync with what appears to be a collective transformation. The call of the times is for those who have suffered and found healing from the imbalance of our culture to bring their voices, creativity, messages and medicines to as many as possible. While the particulars of each individual’s gifts are as unique as each individual life, it is correct to say that all share a holistic knowledge of humanity, nature, the Earth and the cosmos. Holistic means whole in the deepest sense: physically, psychologically, ecologically and spiritually.
