“Posting sparsely, sending love.” I recently shared these words in my Instagram stories to express honor and gentle acknowledgement for the aching losses and trauma experienced in our country this spring. As a media literacy and technology scholar, I’ll often engage in periods where I participate sparingly in online spaces. While this may seem incongruous– the media teacher who only […]

In the Hands of Artists, Detail

A few weeks ago, I visited with a friend and colleague at his home in the mountains of western North Carolina. While exploring the banks of a slow, wide river that runs along his road, we encountered butterflies “puddling” on the shore. He exclaimed “I’ll post this to my mind blog.” It was a playful sentiment that made us all

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Squiggle line

The idea for this journaling spread began with inspiration from Terry Tempest Williams who references the Indian teachings of Samkhya in her book Refuge (1991, p. 168), writing:  “If you consciously hold within yourself three quarters of your power and use only one quarter to respond to any communication coming from others, you can stop the automatic, immediate and thoughtless

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