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* Coming Feb. 26th, 2025 *
What is it?
"Stories are the foundation of every culture. Our big stories - our myths and fairytales, our epics and dystopias - are the foundational stories a people tell of themselves, to each other, to describe, understand, and celebrate their existence in the world and their place in the web of life. They are the stories that become archetypes; that inspire, shape, inform, propel, and co-create the cultural expressions of a people. Stories like these are packed like seeds with human wisdom that only emerges more and more fully over time, growing the culture.
It is clear from our present extractive, exploitative, consumer culture that our modern stories of endless consumption and competition have come to their conclusion. Now, we are in need of new human stories, a new set of mythologies that could be the foundations for an ecologically integrated, reciprocal, and generative future human civilization. And WE need to write them!"
About Jon Toews
Creative Director, Writer, Designer, Composer, Musician, Teacher, Jon has a significant collection of creative hats he has employed for many clients and projects over his 30 year career as a creative professional. Jon is currently teaching at OCADU in the Faculty of Design.
About Cassandra Wells, Ph.D.
Cassandra Wells is a running coach, theorist of the body, and ecozoic futurist, working broadly in the field of physical and ecological education. She currently coaches and teaches at the University of Toronto, and supports the programming efforts at Programs in Earth Literacies. Her work centres on the theory and practice of body-based methods for teaching and learning in order to begin dismantling the internalized structures of modernity, and to open a space for a more intimate and integrated experience of the world.
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What will we do together?
Stories have certain basic components, which we will play with using purpose-built Story Cards, to create our myths. Starting with the basic rules of speculative fiction writing, the basic rules of a living universe, and the basic powers of your own human body, we will practice guided ... Learn More
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