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The Asheville drum circle meets every Friday and everyone who brings a percussive instrument is allowed to join in. In this photo, a woman is photographing the drum circle, who are just outside the frame.  Inside the frame: a grubby girl with blonde dreadlocks doing performative acro-yoga, a game of hacky-sack, children, and spectators. Shortly after this photo was taken a dog started licking the blonde girl’s face while she was in urdhva mukha svanasana. She was into it.

The Asheville drum circle meets every Friday and everyone who brings a percussive instrument is allowed to join in. In this photo, a woman is photographing the drum circle, who are just outside the frame.  Inside the frame: a grubby girl with blonde dreadlocks doing performative acro-yoga, a game of hacky-sack, children, and spectators.

Shortly after this photo was taken a dog started licking the blonde girl’s face while she was in urdhva mukha svanasana. She was into it.

Tony Earley said during his Warren Wilson commencement speech this morning that no one ever remembers commencement speeches but I remember at least one part of his; it was about about how even though the world will definitely rebuff your efforts to save it, you have to go out there and save it anyway.  Perhaps the WWC students will.  I like the ones I have met a lot and one of my favorite things about this school is that it totally has a sense of humor about itself and is not in awe of its service-based, working-farm campus environment, even though it would have every right to be. The WWC weekly schedule I stole from the bathroom stall where it was posted is a good example of this.  It includes info about free ice cream, stress balloons, Butoh class performance  (“everyone’s done Butoh.  If you’ve ever been terrified of something, and did it anyway, that’s Butoh.  Kinda like puking when you’re drunk.  So support this expressive and powerful art in the Formal Gardens at 7:30.” ), Sattva Flow yoga, more ice cream (“That’s right, MORE ICE CREAM”) and information about departing the campus for the year (“Friday: You can leave now. Why are you still here?  Get out! Go home! Unloft your beds, sweep your rooms.  LEAVE HIPPIE LEAVE!”) (Image via WWC’s Flickr)

Tony Earley said during his Warren Wilson commencement speech this morning that no one ever remembers commencement speeches but I remember at least one part of his; it was about about how even though the world will definitely rebuff your efforts to save it, you have to go out there and save it anyway.  Perhaps the WWC students will.  I like the ones I have met a lot and one of my favorite things about this school is that it totally has a sense of humor about itself and is not in awe of its service-based, working-farm campus environment, even though it would have every right to be.

The WWC weekly schedule I stole from the bathroom stall where it was posted is a good example of this.  It includes info about free ice cream, stress balloons, Butoh class performance  (“everyone’s done Butoh.  If you’ve ever been terrified of something, and did it anyway, that’s Butoh.  Kinda like puking when you’re drunk.  So support this expressive and powerful art in the Formal Gardens at 7:30.” ), Sattva Flow yoga, more ice cream (“That’s right, MORE ICE CREAM”) and information about departing the campus for the year (“Friday: You can leave now. Why are you still here?  Get out! Go home! Unloft your beds, sweep your rooms.  LEAVE HIPPIE LEAVE!”)

(Image via WWC’s Flickr)

I long for the day when I can give this bumper sticker to Marisa and it will be the truth.  (When this happens I will have to go back to Write On in Asheville and buy it.)

I long for the day when I can give this bumper sticker to Marisa and it will be the truth.  (When this happens I will have to go back to Write On in Asheville and buy it.)