Interesting reflections connecting theater, music, healing from trauma, and urban gardening. How might you have introduced these connections in part E? The Penniman reading is assigned for July 23 (please follow the order of the syllabus for future posts). Your third quote should also come from the assigned readings. How did you get the idea to…[Read more]

Thank you for these important reflections! Your connection of food insecurity to racism is particularly important. I am also very interested in the way you show that since we implicitly trust farmworkers with our food, we should also acknowledge how valuable and important farmworkers are in our communities. How do you think we can make this…[Read more]

Very interesting reflections! Remember, not all books are novels. The items you cite are scholarly books. Are you an athlete yourself? If so, you might be interested in exploring the kinesthetic dimension of language in future readings. It would be interesting to read Logic of Desire. I imagine Aquinas might also be suggesting that desire and…[Read more]