Re-imagining is a place for people who believe that the stories of the Modern world no longer sustain us, bringing us to brink of catastrophe – ecologically, economically, spiritually. Our troubles cannot be solved merely through technology, or even politics; rather, we need to re-imagine what it means to be human. We seek new stories, new poetics, new ideas – and we put our ideas and stories into action. This work requires the wisdom of those at the margins, and by those with the courage to imagine a new world. Click here to learn more.
The ReImagining Podcast
The ReImagining Podcast with Theodore Richards explores a world in crisis and transition
with guests who are taking various approaches to reimagining what it means to be human.
Click here to learn more. Click here to listen to our latest episode with Tonika Johnson.
Featured Articles
Poetics & the Crisis
of this Moment
Three Poets
Stéphane Mallarmé, a 19th century French poet, wrote that “poetry is the language of a state of crisis”. The word crisis is a Latinized form of the Greek word krisis, meaning the “turning point in a disease”.
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Reimagining Homeschooling
By Theodore Richards
Wind at the Tarn
By Katherine Hauswirth
The Sunflower in
the Driveway
By Gail Collins-Ranadive
Tornado at
Nomad’s End
By Eric D. Lehman
Letters to
Edward Abbey
By Burt Bradley
One, Two, Three
By Heidi Barr
Which Normal Do
We Long For?
By Gint Aras
It’s Time to Reclaim
the Apocalypse
By Rev. Chelsea MacMillan
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Re-Imagining Education
Empowering educators to take a deeper look at the stories told in our schools and to re-imagine them in transformative and
nurturing learning spaces.
Learning Opportunities
Classes, workshops, and lectures that help to empower people to re-imagine who they are and their place in the world.
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Help the Chicago Wisdom Project realize its mission to re-imagine education through holistic programming that transforms individual, community and world through creative expression.
