HEART OF JOY: FOLK SCHOOL IN THE WORKS

My first experience with the idea of the folk school came years ago, in the early seventies, when I was a young married woman/artist living in Minneapolis - and then Granite Falls. I was involved with musicians, painters, writers - and I attended a Southwest Minnesota Arts And Humanities Council [SMAHC] workshop at a wonderful place called Danebod. It had been founded by Scandinavian immigrants, patterened after their beloved folk schools and adhering to the principles of the Scandinavian FOLK SCHOOL movement. Danebod's history so inspired me that I never forgot it. That's been 30-odd years ago, and there's been a lot of water under the bridge since then.

Looking up folk schools online, I came across the John C. Campbell Folk School in N. Carolina. I want my Heart Of Joy School For Peacemakers to follow that model! Not to copy the style - each village, each folk school, should grow its own culture from the ground on which it stands - but to adhere to tried-and-true principles that support the truth embodied in all folk schools everywhere. I believe it's the folk of the world - the simple, good-hearted ordinary people, who are the majority of humanity - these are the people who will feel truly supported by folk schools and village life - and these are the people who carry that great gift for humanity and the planet: common sense. Common sense, good will, stick-to-itiveness, all done with practical down-to-earth love. Imported on 04/03/08 by carolion grailbear
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