Islands of the Emotional and Moral Imagination

Barbara A. Clark, Ed.D. (2004), University of Hartford, is Professor of Education at CCSU. She has published articles and book chapters on aesthetics and moral imagination including Echoes from a Child’s Soul: Awakening the Moral Imagination of Children (Brill, 2020).James Joss French, Ph.D. (2005), University of Connecticut, is Associate Professor of Education at CCSU. He has published articles and book chapters on aesthetic ecojustice confronting 21st century problems including the co-authored book Hearts & Minds Without Fear (IAP, 2014).

• PrefacePrologue: The Razor’s Edge: Casting Off into the UnknownList of Figures1 The Miracle of the Children’s Hallelujah Project: Shaping Hope1 Seeing the Beauty within Children’s Hearts and Minds2 The Miracle of the Children’s Hallelujah Project3 Memories That Shaped Children’s Hallelujah2 Shipwrecked on the Island of Inis Oírr: A Journey of Faith Sailing into the Unknown1 Setting Sail to Inis Oírr2 Landing on Inis Oírr: The Fisherman’s Memorial3 Casting Off: Letting Go3 Inis Meáin Slack Tide: Meeting with Adversity1 The Soul of the Island Stone4 Shared Journeys and Finding Friendships on Inis Mór: Dance of the Heart in this World1 The Dance of Hope2 Evolution of Friendships on Inis Mór3 Learning from the Ancients4 Women of Aran5 Journey to the Edge: Dún Dúchathair, the Black Fort5 A Pilgrimage and Prayers for the Children of Aran and the World: Reaching the Summit of Croagh Patrick1 Finding Heaven: The Embrace of God6 The Epic Battle of Honey & Rat: An Aran Island Fable1 Presenting the Eight Acts of the Aran Island Fable7 The False Self & Addiction: Time, Time, Time, What Has Become of Me?1 Lament to Peers: Stop Bullying Me2 Learning to Love One’s Heart and One’s Life: What Is at the Heart of a Human3 I Was Blind and Now I See4 Invoking Hope8 Chameleons, Dirt Bikes, Parakeets, Puppets and Honey TV: Lucas and David, the Next Generation1 Humane Creativity2 Honey TV and the Puppeteers3 Children’s Literature and the Moral Imagination of Children4 Puppets, Prejudice, and the Pandemic: How Aesthetic Education Heals Emotional Trauma5 More than Ever Children Need Puppets6 Author, Artist, Mentor, and Teacher7 Dear Mother GooseEpilogue: One Child One Mile: A Pilgrimage of Prayer for Children1 An Unexpected Guest Enters the Academic Milieu2 One Child One Mile Prayer Journey: Ireland, 2024ReferencesIndex