Manitou Movie School
Explore Your Self - Explore Your World
Seeking Student-Participants
for novel experiment in re-inventing education from the ground up
When all is said and done, what am I trying to accomplish here?
At the most extreme of idealism and ambition, I consider this my answer to "saving this planet and us along with it." Indeed, most idealistically, in response to the challenge of Teilhard de Chardin as quoted at the beginning of my book, herein is my very long-term plan and suggestion as to how we might begin to manifest some vision of an Earthly paradise; or more simply put, create a much healthier and harmonious global community. A naïve dream perhaps, but my answer, one answer, is there no less, however challenging its implementation.
At the more immediate and practical end, I'm merely trying to find and carve-out a niche for myself and other misfits who seek something different than what's offered by the status quo of modern society and conventional culture. For a number of reasons--skyrocketing costs of education, health care, and living in general; bleak prospects for meaningful employment and humanistic work; increased population, traffic, congestion, and environmental destruction, etc.--this current trajectory of humanity is not one to which I can or will contribute. Finally...
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