ABSTRACT

In this chapter, the author presents a few fragments, a few moments. In a biography about Harlan Hubbard, the Kentucky painter and writer Wendell Berry writes that Harlan Hubbard “saw his life as a work of art which he was morally obligated to make as good as possible” because Harlan Hubbard as a painter intent not only upon the art of painting, but also upon the art of living. Carl Leggo affirms that a pedagogy of the heart is the foundation for all other learning and living and leading. In “Living Love: Confessions of a Fearful Teacher,” he teaches people along with Jean Vanier that “becoming human” requires an opening to the heart of others without fear and prejudice. In poetry the author linger in the alphabet, diction, grammar, syntax, language, tropes, modes, and stories in order to inquire about identity, memory, and lived and living experiences.