Countless minute suns

make up the galaxy that is a human body

and if the pattern goes awry

the center doesn't hold;

pattern and direction

turn at odds against design.

So shall we teach those suns to sing

again in measured harmony,

creating force of voices

sounding with a common goal?

Sing the blood, the flesh, the bones,

the very soul, to traverse their appointed paths

united in direction toward

realization of the will.

-- my friend Rae

Experiential educators are encouraged to include singing in their curriculum. Singing offers a dynamic form of creative engagement and can assist learners in taking risks in their learning and in active experimentation. As a holistic learning tool, singing engages the six capabilities that humans have for learning: physical, emotional, cognitive, intuitional/metaphoric, spiritual, and relational capabilities. Singing is a connecting force interpersonally; intrapersonally, it supports lateral thinking, connecting right- and

"Sounds literally shape our realities. Everything that occured in our lives is recorded in our bodies. These events are recorded in our tissue as memories that actually exude a sound, and respond and change shape when engaged by our voice. Sound touches us where hands and words cannot reach."

-- Vickie Dodd