[Dialogue] Summary Report: St. Louis ICA 50th Anniversary Event: Awaken the Dreamer
Nancy Lanphear
nancy at songaia.com
Wed May 23 13:33:49 PDT 2012
Dear Ellie,
Thanks for the report of the 50th celebration. I have participated in
Awakening the Dreamer a couple of times. The first time was an 8 hour
version - it was the first in the Seattle area several years ago when Fred
was still on his feet.
Thanks you also for your new song. I will try it on the piano in the next
couple of days. Today is my day with a 3 year old neighbor, Ayden whose
mother is cooking our dinner in the common house. Then at 5:30 (to give
his mom a break), a 7 year old neighbor, Alex will join us until
dinnertime at 6:15, also in the common house. Oh, I have a meeting at 2
pm. You really do not need to know all of this information - I was just
thinking it might sound strange to know that I will not be trying your song
for a couple of days.
This summer our sacred sister circle will be gathering for our 20 year
celebration. We have met consistently for all of the 20 years. This year
as we are finding new patterns for our time together, we are having a woman
facilitate a session or two on aging/eldering, .... this will follow our
Wall of Wonder facilitated by Molly Shaw. Although we have been singing
together for some time, (it seemed to take a few years at first for some
of us to let go of our Order patterns) last year Leah and I created a song
book. It includes Order songs, Songs for the Great Turning, hymns and now
your song. I think you would enjoy the Songs for the Great Turning. The
link is http://songsforthegreatturning.net/
Thank you for all of your entries here on the listserve. They are always
so very thoughtful and sweet.
Be well,
Nancy
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Ellie Stock <elliestock at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Greetings from St. Louis.
> Below is our summary report of our ICA 50th Anniversary event "Awakening
> the Dreamer" symposium held Saturday, May 19 in Ferguson, MO. Relative to
> common features for these anniversary events, we did introduce the ICA and
> the 50th anniversary, created the art form strips, and feel that the
> symposium, from an ecological perspective, lays out the challenges of our
> times and some creative responses to them. As the report says, a smaller
> follow-up group will meet in two weeks to follow-up on how to enable the
> Ferguson community to make the transition from dependency on fossil fuels
> to renewable energy sources. This is an excellent symposium construct for
> raising consciousness about what we are doing to the earth and what we and
> others can do about it. Glad it could be included in the 50!
> Also below are the lyrics for the song "Let the Earth Breathe",
> written for the event and used for the closing. Attached is a draft of the
> music notation (if the attachment is allowed to go through--can't be put in
> the text of the email).
> Carleton and Ellie Stock
> SUMMARY OF 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT IN ST. LOUIS, MO ON MAY 19, 2012
> One of the events marking the 50th anniversary of the Institute of
> Cultural Affairs took place on Saturday, May 19, 2012 in Ferguson, MO, a
> first-ring suburb of the City of St. Louis. It was an “Awakening the
> Dreamer, Changing the Dream” symposium, an experience of inspiring
> exploration into the links between the three facets of a “new dream” for
> humanity and planet earth: environmental sustainability, social justice,
> and spiritual fulfillment. The idea of the symposium grew out of the
> Pachamama Alliance formed ten years ago among indigenous peoples in
> Ecuador, Latin America and their concerns about what the industrial nations
> were doing to their land and their way of life. It combines leading edge
> information, live presentation, excellent video clips, and group
> interaction. The Ferguson symposium was held from 8:15 to 12:15 p.m. in
> the parish hall of the St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church and was hosted by
> Carleton and Ellie Stock, long-time members of the ICA, living in the
> community the last 14 years.
> There were 27 participants, two hosts, and two facilitators from the
> Rockhaven Ecozoic Center about an hour from the site. 22 were female, 5
> male, ranging in age from late 40’s to 80. Two thirds were from the
> greater Ferguson area via residency, job or organization. Thirteen were
> newcomers and unlike the others had not attended any of the monthly
> environmental video nights leading up to the symposium.
>
> Highlights of the event:
> · Good attention, participation, sharing and spirit
> · Excellent trained and experienced facilitators from the
> Pachamama Alliance network
> · Tears of pain because of what we are doing to the earth, our
> mother and tears of joy and hope because of what is already being done by
> others and can be done by us.
> · The weaving together of the personal, the spiritual, and social
> justice
> · Display table with books, videos, local organizations, and ICA
> video and newsletter
> · People were introduced to the world-wide Transition Community
> movement
> · Focused participation in the ICA art form project of writing
> promises, hopes and vision for the next 50 years on pieces of fabric to be
> incorporated into one large art form in Chicago.
> · Ellie Stock sang a song she had recently written for the
> occasion, “Let the Earth Breathe”
> · Seven signed up for the Ferguson Transition Team, meeting in
> two weeks to follow up on what all this means for the Ferguson area.
> The two biggest challenges coming out of the symposium were the need to
> recruit more males and more younger participants to the event and figuring
> out what the agenda for the Ferguson Transition Team will be.
>
> For more information about the symposium contact Ellie and Carleton
> Stock at carletonstock at aol.com or (314) 941-9378.
>
> * *
> * *
>
> *LET THE EARTH BREATHE*
> * *
> *Let the Earth breathe!*
> *Let its heart beat,*
> * pulsing and firing the fruit of its seed.*
> *Let four winds tease,*
> * air bright and clean.*
> * converging and swirling through life’s mystery.*
> * **Let waters wreathe.*
> *Let rivers be,*
> * pristine and free from deep valleys to seas.*
> *Let singing streams*
> * stir slumbering leagues,*
> * awakening the dreamer and changing the dream.*
> * ** Let mountains rise!*
> * Let forests thrive—*
> * primal communities birthed to survive.*
> * Let kindred be wise,*
> * not compromise*
> * their courage and care for greed’s beckoning
> lies.*
> * **Let oceans race!*
> *Let new waves chase*
> * ancient tides washing ashore cosmic grace.*
> *Let rhythms of peace,*
> * each land embrace,*
> * all creatures together in Earth’s sacred space,*
> * creation now honored in Earth’s sacred space,*
> * all creatures together in Earth’s sacred space.*
> * **ejhs*
> * 5/12 *
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