CURRENT MISSION

Emancipation, Revolution, Laughter...

ABOUT ME

M about J: Jamie is a perpetual student and an unpretentious, unselfconscious sage (although she rolls her eyes when I say that). she's a traveler and a seeker. she is a great storyteller because she is a great creator of her life. she makes me wish I were a heterosexual.

J about M: matt is passionate. he is good. he makes suffering look beautiful. matt leaps and dances and runs into walls and over cliffs and jumps right up and starts again. matt walks into a room and people are fascinated. matt fills to the brim everyday and pours over. matt trembles and cries and laughs, frequently.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is a gift; unearned, unowned. Remember, return, and rejoice.

Interests

foucault, zen, ecology, attenuation of ego, wild spaces, good wine, dancing salsa, whole systems anthropology, theater of the oppressed, laughing at ourselves, laughing (weeping) at society, meaningful conversation, paulo friere, emancipatory education, documentary film, talking to strangers, going in the direction of our fears, challenging hetero-normativity, being present, following bliss, bookstores, human geography, madness, the good cheese aisle in whole foods, green design!

• theater
• design
• documentaries
• dancing
• education
• cooking
• wine
• cheese
• vegetarian
• music
• agriculture
• anthropology
• ecology
• teaching
• geography
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

writers: david w. orr, herman hesse, derrick jensen, joseph campbell, barry lopez, milan kundera, terry tempest williams, victor turner, donna haraway, foucault, edward abbey, michael cunningham, pablo neruda, al letson

movies: anything by wernor herzog, almodovar, anything coming out of mexico city, waking life, network, the cruise, american beauty

music: stone soup, manu chao, susana baca, cessaria evora, nina simone, so many...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

matt: most noble moment- dropping out of high school to self-educate.

jamie: wandering india

Teach, Learn, Share

things we want to learn about: ecological anthropology, sustainable agriculture, arabic, alternative models for civilization, people's personal spiritual struggles, vegetarian cooking, good music, independent radical journalism...