196 - Aaron Senitt (Author of "Kreepingarten")

Bridging the Social Distance · Mar 25, 2022 · 57m

For this episode I interview Aaron Senitt, an artist and Kindergarten teacher based here in Guelph Ontario. I interviewed Aaron in anticipation of the launch of his new book, an illustrated essay called "Kreepingarten", that is being published by Publication Studio Guelph (@psguelph).

This thoughtful and whimsical guide "gently argues for the use of Physarum Polycephalum (the “many headed slime”) as a model for human learning." Aaron has lovingly studied Slime Mould, and the ways in which its biomimicry has given his kindergarten students examples of the value of taking care of each other…