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Running with the souls of our feet : embracing our conflicts and our ecstasies Garzitto, Emi
Abstract
This is a thesis that examines, illuminates, reveals and makes public a very personal journey - a journey that seeks to encompass and include all three aspects of the traveler: the spirit, the body and the mind. This is a thesis that explores and investigates ways in which both conflict and ecstasy can be invited to dwell inside the journey. This is a thesis that examines ways in which to include the dangerous, the dark and the shadow alongside ease, safety and bliss. And although the temptation to clutch on to recipes, codes and formulas will never be far, this thesis will also try to minimize their dependency and instead will provide the traveler with guides, footholds and caring companions to help navigate the journey. This journey weaves its way in and out of school, home, church and other life spaces. This journey weaves its way in and out of yam stitches. This journey weaves its way in and out of words and experiences. This journey weaves its way in and out of running trails, city streets, sky train paths and meadows. This journey is like the one which Dorothy takes in Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" and as such, Dorothy's timeless journey on her yellow brick road will weave in and out and through my own journey. This journey is both dangerous and difficult. Since every journey requires movement, action and experience, I will be both teaching and learning at every turn and as such, I will be losing and finding myself and, in turn, I will be losing and finding you over and over again. This journey begins in the middle, somewhat elevated and ends at a new beginning.
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Running with the souls of our feet : embracing our conflicts and our ecstasies
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University of British Columbia
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2003
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Description |
This is a thesis that examines, illuminates, reveals and makes public a very personal
journey - a journey that seeks to encompass and include all three aspects of the traveler: the
spirit, the body and the mind. This is a thesis that explores and investigates ways in which
both conflict and ecstasy can be invited to dwell inside the journey. This is a thesis that
examines ways in which to include the dangerous, the dark and the shadow alongside ease,
safety and bliss. And although the temptation to clutch on to recipes, codes and formulas
will never be far, this thesis will also try to minimize their dependency and instead will
provide the traveler with guides, footholds and caring companions to help navigate the
journey.
This journey weaves its way in and out of school, home, church and other life
spaces. This journey weaves its way in and out of yam stitches. This journey weaves its
way in and out of words and experiences. This journey weaves its way in and out of
running trails, city streets, sky train paths and meadows. This journey is like the one which
Dorothy takes in Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" and as such, Dorothy's timeless journey on
her yellow brick road will weave in and out and through my own journey. This journey is
both dangerous and difficult. Since every journey requires movement, action and
experience, I will be both teaching and learning at every turn and as such, I will be losing
and finding myself and, in turn, I will be losing and finding you over and over again. This
journey begins in the middle, somewhat elevated and ends at a new beginning.
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eng
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2009-11-11
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0054762
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University of British Columbia
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2003-05
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Graduate
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