by rjacksonpaton | Jul 13, 2017 | eco-somatics, ethnoautobiography, marked by place, reverences, uncoveredwagon, vulnerable ecology, work of body
went to a very well attended. lively and informative meeting about arts and cultural policy in dallas the other day, organized in part by my new home Sunset Art Studio. one topic that came up was about whether parks & rec could coordinate public art, especially...
by rjacksonpaton | Jun 23, 2016 | connections, creativity, en/gendering embodiment, readings, uncoveredwagon, vulnerable ecology
i saw this quote from artist Frank Stella at the Fort Worth Modern the other day… then i was read this passage from Helen Macdonald’s extraordinary H is for hawk… “Chalk landscapes do this to me; bring an exhilarating, on-tiptoe sense that some...
by rjacksonpaton | Dec 23, 2014 | ethnoautobiography, readings, vulnerable ecology, writing
looking back over my sporadic postings, i pleasantly remember writing ‘playing in the wild’ just about one season ago, at the autumnal equinox. that seems fitting as i prepare to put together some further musings about an apparent explosion about things...
by rjacksonpaton | Sep 26, 2014 | connections, eco-somatics, en/gendering embodiment, readings, vulnerable ecology, writing
got an email asking about my take on eco-somatics. this is one response. there are many more… body to mind, and back again; or, genealogical musings on eco-somatics if i were to attemptthe genealogy of eco-somaticsit would most likely beginwith my brain...
by rjacksonpaton | Sep 18, 2014 | conferences, connections, ethnoautobiography, vulnerable ecology, writing
Yesterday I submitted a manuscript to Orion entitled “Playing in the wild: Seven riffs on wilderness.” It’s been brewing for a while now with all the attention on this year being the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. A few writers have noted...
by rjacksonpaton | Oct 3, 2013 | eco-somatics, uncoveredwagon, vulnerable ecology
Today the Indian Land Tenure Foundation posted a link from Indian Country Today on Facebook reminding folks about who lived in what is now called Yosemite. I made this comment: “first ‘found’ in 1851 by whites doing a military operation against...
