Category Archives: Block 3: 2011-12

I hope you all had a wonderfully full thanksgiving whether you were at home or found home elsewhere in the world. So many beautiful words of gratitude and closure have been offered over the past few days but I’d like … Continue reading →

I hate to be that kid, you know, the one who kicks the dead horse, but in this class I’ve found that I really can’t help it. Look at us. Look at our experience, at our project, at what has … Continue reading →

After a considerable break from our class it feels like everything we experienced with the Lakota people is a distant past. As the christmas season approaches I can’t think about anything but being home with family, comfortable in my house … Continue reading →

I’m with you guys! Transitions are so very difficult. After coming from such a spiritual context, and participating in so many rituals, I found my Thanksgiving to be oddly profane. After a day of frenzied cooking and fraternizing, an odd … Continue reading →

Like some have already posted, I too am having a hard time moving back into more “normal” society after our class and the time at Pine Ridge. I spent my break skiing at Breckenridge and found the ski culture, which … Continue reading →

On the drive home from Bear Butte, I found our visit to Mt. Rushmore to be rather uncomfortable, especially in contrast with the ceremonious experience we had just undergone. Seeing the presidential faces carved into a huge white cliff of … Continue reading →

“You can’t see your eyelashes because they’re too close to your eyes.” A rasta Senegalese vendor from Venice Beach told me this, and it’s stuck with me ever since. I couldn’t truly appreciate all the great people in this class … Continue reading →

What to say in my last post? I find myself staring at a blank page unable to find the right words to express my deep appreciation and love for you all.  Being in this class has probably been one of … Continue reading →

The block has ended. A few hours ago we shared our last meal and said goodbye to each other. I was trailing around what I wanted to reflect on for this last post, which led to the question “well, what … Continue reading →

It makes me a little nervous to write about this, but I want to before class is really and truly gone from the present moment. It feels to me that through all the ceremony we have been in, certain folds … Continue reading →