| Chapter 1: | East Wind Blows |
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of grasshoppers sawing songs
crying out the curse for all the broken to hear
I know we are what we have become. Through experience, we create our understandings of life and who we are, what we stand for and what our conceptions of the world are. Our experiences create who we are. Carl Leggo says, “My past is always included in the present, implicated, inextricably present with the present” (2004, p. 22). This is so true. Our ecological, cultural, ethical, gendered, and embodied positionings are embedded within the theories we embrace consciously and unconsciously as researchers, learners and educators, and these beliefs inform our relationships, teaching, and ways of being. Yes, I know this but how can I get out? You're helping me, aren't you?
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March 25
UNSENT
I will go back and read all the letters I've written. Gather them up like firewood and watch the flames to try to understand how I can love with so much pain.