Values and Mission

The Crossmore Institute seeks to foster academic experiences that highlight:

• The beauty and intrigue of the natural environment,

• The beauty and intrigue of the unnatural environment, too,

• The unseen and valuable knowledge of the world we each possess,

• The utter uselessness of such knowledge, which we mean in the best possible sense,

• The foundational and transcendental experience of being a part of a community,

• The seeming impossibility of just even getting along with these actual people in our community.

The Crossmore Institute does not seek to highlight or even value the following things:

• Western visual art between the Renaissance and Impressionism,

• Television shows that people tell us we “must” watch,

• Splitting the check evenly when we intentionally chose the least expensive option in order to save money,

• People who say, “You do you,” which is a euphemistic way to tell someone they are weird and beyond understanding and love,

• Neurobiological reductionism when explaining human experience,

• Feelings of shame that arise during interactions with family members.