by Liz Lerman | Dec 5, 2025 | Shape and Momentum, Teaching
This is an excerpt from Liz Lerman’s essay School Stories, featured in her upcoming book Shape and Momentum: An Insomniac’s Guide for a World in Constant Motion. I never enjoyed grading. I could do it. And I have done it, and I can do it. But it has never felt a...
by Liz Lerman | Dec 3, 2025 | From Liz
This is an excerpt from the essay “School Stories” from Liz’s forthcoming book Shape and Momentum: An Insomniac’s Guide to a World in Constant Motion I never enjoyed grading. I could do it. And I have done it, and I can do it. But it has never felt a useful or...
by Liz Lerman | Nov 6, 2025 | From Liz
Sometimes I fear our interest in being inclusive leads to a generalization. So descendants become “who comes after you.” Actually this is a fine one, but I do think we can overdo our concerns about remembering to include everyone. This is highly problematic, and...
by Liz Lerman | Oct 6, 2025 | From Liz
It’s an ongoing inquiry and practice. How to get folks to notice what is happening while it’s happening and then be able to harvest some small part of their intuitive learning. Usually, if I am teaching, leading or facilitating, or being a friend I simply ask: what...
by Liz Lerman | Sep 23, 2025 | From Liz
My Rabbi Danny Zemel often says “if it is not broken, break it.” There are two things people have said about me that I actually like: Question everything. Liz Lerman does. Liz Lerman can talk a hound dog off a truck load of meat bones. Both of these ideas required me...
