The culminating action project was essentially another novel experience of this class. I have participated a lot in community organizing because I started a club this fall focusing on indigenous rights and watershed protection. We have been working with different clubs and organizations around the area and I have gotten a taste for the bullshit that is community organizing. It’s… Read more »
The most impactful contemplative practice for me was the first one. Eating a raisin. To be honest, I have never really been a raisin fan, they’re too sweet and I find the texture to be a little bit disturbing. Regardless, I shovel fistfuls of Trailmix into my mouth between classes and bites of raisins sneak in there. That’s normally the… Read more »
Food has meant many different things to me at different times in my life. It has been a joy as I gather around for birthday dinner with my extended family, an annoyance as I scarf down a Clif bar between classes, a wonder as I pull a baby beet from the wet earth. I had yet to view food as… Read more »