A Waking Life - As I Leave Myself Fear and Death Behind

Inside of you there is a gift that once released into the world will enhance your life and the lives of those around you. You are unique and your gift is unique but the world you release it into is very much connected. A Waking Life is the story of Nomad Truestars journey through the darkness of a single night. After his appendix ruptures he wakes to the hollow nothingness of isolation. Not knowing whether he will live or die Truestar begins the quest of confronting the meaning woven into his fragmented life. With the help of a curious quartet of guides including a wild cat an Arctic wolf and the woman he believes to be Death Truestar travels through time and beyond the space he appears confined to in an exploration of the perceived self the connected universe and even death. Will he find the Borealis that exists within the darkness itself before the night is over? What transpires is a journey meant to reawaken the human spirit to the possibilities that exist within each of us regardless of where we are in life.-MiigwetchScott Mainprize is a gay Jain fourth-generation Algonquin who holds a Bachelor of Education Master of Social Work and Juris Doctor. He currently works as a lawyer and professor of restorative justice. He has previously taught in Arctic Quebec worked in a homeless shelter and AIDS hospice and has been a student-prosecutor across north-western Ontario. He is not dead; but he does not have an appendix. Also he thinks he is funny.