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Everything potentiates from the aliveness of small things.

This isn’t theory. It’s practice.

This isn’t metaphor. It’s matter.

This isn’t far away. It’s everyday, ordinary, now.

Everything we need is already here—

waiting for us to see it, to go into the small and play—

listen, explore, wonder, attune, and create

with all the small matters in our extraordinary lives.



It’s all matter and it all matters.

a button in your hand - a moment with a child - that gulp in your throat - one word of one phrase in one scene - the last thing you said at the meeting - glimpse of your grandmother - your thought about your neighbor - one thread pulled too tight - the dream you see and see and see again - what you know in your belly

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I write for children and adults.

I teach and design for deep engagement, reflective process, and holistic learning (being) full of play, curiosity, and liberation.

Everything—from a deeply-rooted knowing that small is enough, it’s all matter, and there’s wisdom in the aliveness of every small thing.

 
 
 

curious, joyful, deeply-rooted learning and living

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