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| Ernest Thompson Seton, 1901 |
Third and Fourth in a
series of Setonian Evenings
6:30 - 8:00 pm at the
Seton Gallery, Academy for the Love of Learning
Tuesday November 10 and
Tuesday December 8, 2015
Free
133 Seton Village Road
(off the Old Las Vegas Highway)
Host: David L. Witt
As an important participant
in the 1930s Santa Fe literary scene, Ernest Thompson Seton held evening salons
at his home (Seton Castle) discussing Nature, Environment, Life and Lifecraft.
The Academy’s Seton Legacy Project is reviving this tradition with a conversational
series focusing on our relationship to the natural world. What “learnings,”
warnings and inspirations might we find out there—and within ourselves—with
close examination and reflection?
We will explore topics
suggested by Seton, starting with readings from his stories. We want to hear
your stories as we examine what is important about our experience with wildlife,
wild places, and life in general.
Our Setonian evenings take
place amid the drawings and books of the Seton Gallery. The setting is
informal, a perfect atmosphere for the sharing of ideas and insights. We will
start with a topic, but there is no set path—the direction of the discussion
will emerge as we go along.
November 10: Connecting Seton to the Academy through Lifecraft
Seton developed a philosophy
of outdoor education disseminated through his Woodcraft League. It was about
learning and living. Seton’s “Nine Principles” and “Fourfold Path,” for
understanding nature and just being
in the world appear to complement the “Learning Field” model of the Academy. We
will look into the meaning of these.
December 8: The Radical Natural History of Generally True Patterns
Combining the teachings of
Seton and Muir with Systems Theory, we find that the dissimilar systems of
physics, biology and society work in remarkably similar ways demonstrating our
connection to nature (and disproving the prevailing theory of our disconnection).
We will consider examples to find which of them may hold up in the real world.
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