There are not Four Directions,
as there are not Seven Chakras.
There is no Holy Trinity,
as there is no “New Mexico.”
It is OK to pretend,
to tell these stories,
and it is a lot better
to remember
that we are pretending,
that we are telling stories.
They are good stories.
They carry Truth,
but are not Truth itself.
Jim Nolan is the president of Southwestern College, and remembers the day he realized that the word “ball” is not the ball itself, and that a picture of a ball is not the ball, either. That changed everything.
About the Moderator
Jim Nolan
Jim Nolan is in his 6th year as president of Southwestern College. He has worked for a dozen universities or colleges, both online and on the ground. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, and attended graduate school in English/Irish Literature. He reads a lot of books, takes a lot of photos, plays guitar, got married in India in 2010, and has a wire haired fox terrier named Barney. He is the opposite of a guru, whatever that is called.
Jim Nolan is in his 6th year as president of Southwestern College. He has worked for a dozen universities or colleges, both online and on the ground. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, and attended graduate school in English/Irish Literature. He reads a lot of books, takes a lot of photos, plays guitar, got married in India in 2010, and has a wire haired fox terrier named Barney. He is the opposite of a guru, whatever that is called.
