Presence of Mind: Writing and the Domain Beyond the Cognitive Book

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Defining the Territory Beyond	1
1	Silence: A Collage	9
2	Wait, and the Writing Will Come: Meditation and the Composing Process	21
3	The Pedagogy of Silence in Public Education: Expanding the Tradition	31
4	Traces in Texts: Reading the Waters	41
5	Let the River Run: Exploring Personal Archetypes Through Writing	53
6	Behind the Screen of Consciousness: Intuition, Insight, and Inspiration in the Writing Process	65
7	A Writer's Way of Knowing: Guidelines for Composing	77
8	The Write Moves: Cultivating Kinesthetic and Spatial Intelligences in the Writing Process	89
9	Generous Listening: A Deeper Way of Knowing	99
10	Sites of Inspiration: Where Writing Is Embodied in Image and Emotion	113
11	Mental Imagery, Text Engagement, and Underprepared Writers	125
12	Visual Imagery Training and College Writing Students	133
13	Teaching Empathy Through Cooperative Learning	143
14	Defining Our Emotional Life: The Valuative System - A Continuum Theory	155
15	Defining Our Emotional Life: The Cool End (Plus Motivation)	167
16	Where Do You Find Your Stories?	181
17	The Butterfly Effect: Writing from Chaos to Composure	189
18	The Heart of the Matter: Language, Feeling, Stories, Healing	199
19	Symposium	215
	References	225
	Contributors	243