GREENING SONGS: A Biography of Self, Spirit, Earth Sundays, May 2 - July 25 *Series has been postponed 1:00-3:00pm via ZOOM
As green bursts forth from fresh grass, infant leaves, moist moss, early- bird asparagus plants, and renewed vigor in our own hearts, we are reminded daily and gladly of what mystic Hildegard of Bingen named as "viriditas" or the vital, greening creative power of the divine.
What is this thing "spirit"? What exactly is "spirituality"? What's "soul" got to do with it? What is the shape of your soul? This series is an invitation to be inquire, explore, imagine, discover and perhaps even give some renewed shape to your "spiritual life." Our time will be spent in individual and shared inquiry, offering reflection, questions, conversation and imagination/reimagination, as we seek, name and claim the mystical, life-giving, renewing, greening spirituality that dwells uniquely within each of us.
We will work with images of different landscapes as metaphors for soulscapes--those terrains, seasons and cycles from which our sense of self both ebbs and flows as well as ripens and deepens over time. Sources will be many and eclectic, with Mary Reynolds Thompson's Reclaiming the Wild Soul: How Earth's Landscapes Restore Us to Wholeness as a loose framework for our conversations. You need not be "artistic," "creative," "spiritual" or "religious" to find this series meaningful.
THIS SERIES HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FALL 2021
May 2 Exploring the Language of "Sacred" and mining the ideas of viriditas May 9 Soulscape 1: Grasslands: I am the body of the earth May 16 Grasslands May 23 Soulscape 2: Forests/Woods: I am the mystery May 30* Forest/Woods June 6 Soulscape 3: Desert:I am enough June 13 Desert June 20 Soulscape 4: Water:I surrender to the flow June 27 Water July 4* Water July 11 Soulscape 5: Mountain:I am my highest self July 18 Mountain July 25 Wrap Up
You are welcome to come on the Sundays you are available; you do not need to attend all sessions.
COST: As the pandemic continues to create financial limitation for many, there is no cost to this series. However, Love offerings to support the work of art + soul are always welcomed:www.artandsoulwm.org/support.html