My residency was a life-changing experience, which opened many doors in my quest to both preserve tradition and find valid ways of contributing fresh, personal, and contemporary material to the genre. It also unlocked the door to a rich source of internal inspiration and creative potential that I will probably explore for the rest of my life.
— Dr. Michael White
Posted november 20, 2009 by madrono
One of the things that we hope will characterize MadroƱo Ranch: A Center for Writing and the Environment is a strong sense of place. It's right there, implicitly and explicitly, in our mission and vision statements.
But how does one develop a sense of place?