Defiantly curious. Energy. Light. Consciousness.
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Always thrilled whenever I'm invited to programme for #FestivalOldham. Today there's been such warmth, interaction & good-vibe energy from audiences of all ages, entertained by a brilliant host of artists including @Festive_Road @LevantesDance @AutinDT @whisperedtales1
Seeking volunteers (2 x spaces left) open to creatively exploring their experiences around loss & grief.
The collaboration will culminate in you directing your very own outdoor photoshoot in #Chester, for a July exhibition in the City.
Get in touch if interested.
@ShitChester
ALT Project title - I Am Fledging, background black & white feathers
ALT Leaflet with brief description of project details for those interested in volunteering
Would this not be the terra preta, or dark earth, referenced in Pearce's book? ID'd by Brazilian academics in the Amazon around pre-Columbian human settlements & since found in Liberia, Ghana, Chad & Boneo etc thereby not a recent European practice?
ALT A book cover. A Trillion Trees by Fred Pearce
ALT Page 88 in book, A Trillion Trees describing Dark Earth or organic waste in soil
My local community gathered here today to dream & scheme.
The goal: purchase this Church & create a #community owned asset that is a home for community-led creativity, arts & heritage crafts.
Built with #regenerative & redistribution principles at its core. #DareToDream
ALT View point is from the upper balcony in a old church, looking down to the ground level which has building work happening. Three large stain glass windows are in view at the upper level
ALT Two large stain glass windows in a church. Flower pattern at the top of the window arch. Green and pink and yellow glass used
ALT Close-up of an old organ. Keys and an old papet book of music is in shot.
ALT Balcony viewpoint in Old Church looking towards and down at a large old musical organ.
Maybe something useful in Laloux's work 'Reinventing Organizations', focused on the next stage of human consciousness in orgs (moving from Red to Teal). Principles can readily apply outside of orgs to any group or collective.
Today exploring #DoughnutEconomics & #ClimateAction, in action, in our neighbourhoods via @CIVIC_SQUARE. So clear from peers across S.Africa, Denmark, Brazil, Michigan & UK, how similar our challenges & opportunities are.
Different landscapes; a shared sky🌱
So, I headed 2 the local hospital armed with 43 roses, one for every year of my life, & stood outside the Women & Children's building gifting them 2 staff. A small gesture 2 counteract the fear. Fear for those who'd come to suffer the greatest.
& here we are #CostOfLivingCrisis
In ancient Greece 'economics' was a term to describe the art of household management. Differentiated from 'chrematistics', the art of acquiring wealth.
Learning to unlearn what economics has been, is and could be #DoughnutEconomics #NeighbourhoodDoughnut @DoughnutEcon
Day 2. Planning my #doughnut neighbourhood project & early on, self-care is embedded.
How do I do this work without overshooting my capacities AND collective resource? PLUS so many shared resources
@CIVIC_SQUARE truly building regenerative & distributive systems into their work
Kicking-off the #Peer2Peer learning journey today with @CIVIC_SQUARE @EnrolYourself & @KateRaworth poses the question:
What's 'developed' about a country that overshoots its planetary boundary?
See goodlife.leeds.ac.uk to compare 150 countries mapped against the #doughnut
Morning after, anxiety kicks-in re my lack of knowledge in areas my peers nail #Economics #UrbanDesign #ClimateCrisis #FoodSecurity
Then I remember @_sarahwilson_ sharing Pema Chodron's wise words:
'wherever you are in life, right in this moment is your vehicle for waking up'.
Thrilled @MonaEbdrup included me in the International peer-2-peer learning pod to explore the principles of #DoughnutEconomics in my neighbourhood. All connected to the awesome work by @CIVIC_SQUARE @KateRaworth.
The opp to work with 12 women across 4 continents lifts my soul🌍
Last March one of my best friends was given 6-18 months to live. Tomorrow it's his 40th birthday & I get to take him out for a day of celebrations in Manchester. Feeling a complex mix of gratitude, profound sadness & excitement for the laughs we'll share. We always do.
Best thing this foreignese speaker has learned today....
Icelanders refer to English as útlenska, 'foreignese', the language of foreigners.
Hold on people, lighter days are coming #WinterSolstice
'No winter lasts forever;
no spring skips its turn'
Hal Borland
