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