John began writing in middle school, starting with mini comic books and short stories. In high school, he started writing poetry. He also explored drawing and photography, which further informed him about evoking images with words. English and Writing was John’s college major, earning a B.A. from Ithaca College in 1991. In his mid-twenties, he became professionally involved in sustainable agriculture and community gardening and wrote educational pieces for a variety of audiences. During a recent 16-month Zen monastic training, John resumed writing poetry and is now pursuing the craft of writing as a career.
John E. Vérin
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The Village Way
Practices for Belonging in a Fragmented World
For thousands of years, we lived according to the principles of village life. Then, around the 14th Century, our lives were reorganized by rulers around growth and accumulation – often at the cost of community, equity, and the living Earth. What would it mean to return to simplicity, and mutual care?
Join us for a 9-month inquiry into this question, exploring how we participate together in a time that calls us back to community, resilience, and shared life,
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