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Praxis08 - Let’s Shape It
July 26, 2008 · Print This Article
Hi guys
There has been a bit of a chatter between those who said they would organise this years gathering.
The toasted stories around campfires seemed very popular as did informal discussion time and the space to pray and relax with family and like minded or at least interesting people. Having content was good, as was free time and including families was great.
The idea that seems to have legs is to free up the program even more to engage the passions and talents of those there.
How? Good Question.
Currently we think that food should be programmed into the mix and that the arrival of food could be used as a gathering point to invite people to the various options. So if no one comes to that option the host just flows into a group they have an interest for - that conversation may arise later over a drink in the eve.
What Options? Good Question.
To find out what are our passions and talents - we are playing with two questions and hope to see a good think:act:reflect:community mix appear.
- Q1 - What do you get asked about or lead other in?
- Q2 - What would like to engage with over this gathering?
Q1 helps us see what people are good at or engaging and Q2 picks up the interests of those gathering.
Current options floating around are, building a sand prayer labyrinth, a Bible Study, VJ workshop, a tea ritual, mess around in the canoes with the mind bending questions again, becoming a movement, a water ritual, plan a political stunt/action,some design thing, an art space and exhibition, open mic, a round table, reflections on being arrested for Jesus, go swimming, finish early to join a peace action, spiritual formation group time, local and OS mission, basketball comp, faith talk cards with the kids, play the Ched Myers DVD…… got some ideas yet?
So answer the questions and help build the program.
Offer to lead or suggest another to lead…. lets make sure we get into what we want to get into.
“Anarchy is not chaos, but order with out control.” — David Layson
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age, sounding great already!!!!!!!!
i’d be extreemly interested in running a slum survivor style instilation. i’m not talkig voluntary poverty, more an experiment in gods economy stuff and tactile oppertunity to reflect on issues of global poverty.
imagining a small group of people interested in toying with this stuff, participating in morepraxis08 from the comfort of a shelter they would need to build themselveds on the lawn outside the cabins. asside from nutting out aspects of sirvival / comfort, etc we could host a dinner / offer chai for the rest of the camp from our slum abode.
haven’t thought about it more than that, but would be keen to know if anyone else is interested in having a go at something like this.
i remember we had to ’sleep out’ for one night for the waiters union christ in the community course and the lessons forged in the west end cold will not be easily forgotten.
i also remember how different it felt to offer / recieve hospitality from the slum in which i was living in india. the things you do and the depths of gratitude you come to know.
love all the ideas you have to date.
getting excited about this one!!!!!!!
cars xo
Cool.
Maybe your tea ritual could happen from there too.Or a chat about prisons etc???
Are you thinking of catering for the whole group from the slum?
Dinner or Lunch?
Dusk & Greg from tear have a wood and tin slum they set for a slum survivor or chai place. It came in bits in a trailer. Or are you thinking of building form what we find?
Cool I like the idea. (In fact this week Mike mentioned setting up various spaces as continual installations / option spaces - this should be one
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mmm what about the others? We all know I do love a good art installation/sacred space.
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