For Loreen and the curious...Little Coyote Tales what is it?

Thanks to everyone who has been looking in on the progress of getting the book to print.  Soon I'll have the manuscript back in hand to do a final rework and then commit it to press...man now that's going to be a hard task to finally leave it alone after almost 18 years of development, growth and fine tuning...

Well I decided the best thing would be to cut and past the preface and introduction and leave the rest for the moment to the imagination...without further adieu...copyright 2007 Kenn Klick
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PREFACE

I began writing the stories of Little Coyote the summer of 1990 when my paternal grandfather died.  I had returned from a stay in Colorado pursuing a dream to miss his death by but a few hours.  I found myself staying with my grandmother that summer and learning a great deal about the man I thought my grandfather to be as well as what I never suspected. 

I don’t know outside of Poppi’s death what triggered me writing these stories, I only remember sitting down at my grandmother’s old Olympia manual typewriter and starting to write.  The images and dialogue flowed through me and I did my best to dictate.  At times I could feel the comfortable weight of what I imagined to be turquoise rings and bracelets on my hands and grey braids resting on my shoulders.  I was filled with stories and wisdom beyond my years.  Maybe it had been from reading all those books since I was young; Edgar Cayce, Paul Twitchell, Joseph Campbell, Mary Summer Rain, Medicine Cards, Carlos Castaneda, Hyemeyohsts Storm and many others.  My grandmother has recalled that summer at times with me, hearing my bursts of laughter amongst the sound of the keys of the old typewriter.

So how did I return to these manuscripts once again after so many years?  I got the chance this year on vacation to do something I’ve wanted to do since I was a small child growing up as an air force brat watching air shows.  I was offered a ride in a biplane doing aerobatics.  My first reaction was fear and doubt and safety of my life but I stepped out and didn’t hesitate despite the fear and doubt and jumped at the chance and even volunteered to be the first to go up.  A friend of my father, Danny, took me up in Dad’s Pitts S2B Biplane and I was changed from that moment.  Something opened up and sprang forth from me the instant we lifted off the runway and Danny pulled the stick back and hit the throttle, rocketing us up into the heavens.  In that experience of barrel rolls, loops,  a hammerhead,  outside loop into a hammerhead (woot!), snap turns, and a flatspin, a true joy that reached back over the years woke up in me what it meant to truly dream and believe and open myself up to new experiences and possibilities.   I stepped out of Dad’s plane onto the airport tarmac a changed man.  Given how I have continued to change since then, I truly believe I am ready to do justice to the true meaning of these stories. 

The stories came through as five steps of “evolution” and remain so to this day.  The last story, “Learns to Dream”, at that time in my life was a difficult one.  I just could not reach the level of understanding needed to comprehend in words what was being shown mentally to me, and I knew its true completion would take years of life to do it justice, actually all of them would.  The original draft was returned to for this and rewritten then edited with the knowledge and wisdom of one older than the youth that attempted, quite boldly and convincingly, what he had not truly experienced for himself.

I have also done my best to interpret what I can only say is what I believe each of the stories mean to me, as a gift, for you to see the deeper meaning of what could honestly be seen on the surface as mere children’s stories.  Along with it are queries and suggestions that I used to find meaning for myself in the stories.  That can be found in the second half of the book so it doesn’t disturb the continuity of the stories.  The stories are yours to take within yourSelf and interpret for yourself, for in all honesty this is your experience and your dream.

Today I chose to dream and I pursue what I began that day…to change the world as a Storyteller.  Little Coyote Tales has truly been my enjoyment and I hope it will benefit you as deeply and completely in your life as this companion of words has done for me.

 

INTRODUCTION

 

In the legend and lore of the Native Americans, the Coyote represents the human on his path of learning.  In one instance he is the Greatest Fool, and in another the Great Teacher and knower of secrets within the same circumstances.  

            Coyote is the Great Trickster that ends up being the joke of his own clever pranks, but in doing so he learns and teaches the Great Lessons of Life.  He knows what is just underneath the surface of all things physical but at times he cannot connect it with the physical.  He knows all, yet he knows nothing.   He knows nothing factual or experiential yet has the untainted wisdom and exuberance of innocence and youth.    

             Coyote is a Creator of worlds within worlds; the world within that finds its expression through Coyote.  He is an omnipotent innocence that grows through the curiosity and love of the unfamiliar aspects of new growth, with himSelf being the focus of this creative power; in the sometimes painful instances of learning and discovery.

            Coyote is the Learning Human -- the fool's eyes open.   He represents humanity in our folly and our wisdom.  He relearns and recreates his world and himself continually and in so doing becomes a Creator of an ever-evolving existence.  This is the beauty and awe-inspiring quality of Coyote.  The stories within contain all of these aspects of Coyote.  The stories are centered on the experiences of a young one named Little Coyote.  The Native American tradition refers to physical reality as the Dream Awake.  I believe humanity is the source of a World Dream that encompasses all.  Little Coyote mirrors Humanity in the World Dream just as our interior life is mirrored in our exterior life.  I hope you will enjoy traveling with Little Coyote, observing his self-creation as we all Dance in the Dream Awake.

please remember and respect copyright 2007 Kenn Klick

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So there you have it.  This may be slightly different from the final given what I get back from the review but its good enough to paint a picture on your eyes....stay tuned for further updates regarding the release!