Illustrations & writing to celebrate free minds & wild hearts.
Established in Spring 2020, this space is a blog dedicated to the joys and challenges of living an unschooled life. Unschooling is home education which follows an ethos of self-directed learning and consensual family living.
This is not a space for perfect drawings or perfect words, but rather a way of using art to tap into our unschooling story, and tell it with authenticity and a dash of self-depreciating humour.
I hope it inspires someone out there. I hope you know, you are not alone, and that even on difficult days, this is a way of life worth fighting for.
Latest Posts
Educating the Human Animal
Imagine if education was only concerned with remembering our true animal essence. What might it look like? Everything would shift: how we teach, what we value, even what a ‘successful’ learner looks like. I have spent many years pondering this question, and trying to live it myself, with my now grown unschooled family and in…
Freedom to Chill
Unschooling gives us the freedom to slow down and experience life at a pace that feels comfortable to each of us. The teen years in particular, are a time of exponential growth and change and so it is healthy for mind and body to take the time to be peaceful. Rest is a radical act.
Walking & talking
Walking, talking & listening has always been a big part of our (home ed) life, but it feels especially important to make space for it in these challenging times. Nature ‘holds the space’ so beautifully for non-judgement & simply allowing the conversation to flow.
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