[HeartOfNowhere] Heart of Nowhere Gathering this Decom

[Ellen Millar]

Creating an imagined circle around us was in fact part of my intention
with spacing the writing stations at four directional points around
the sight - I was thinking of north, east, south, west as points in
the circumference rather than as corners..:-)

I very much like the arrow idea - though I certainly have some doubts
as everyone's ability to aim one into a burn barrel he,he,he, but I'm
sure we can do something cool with that.:-)

Another thought I had about the writing stations was that if the
writing was done on long strips of fabric then these could maybe be
incorporated into a dance or new circus performance as part of the
closing ceremony? or maybe even better a big silly maypole thing? I
like the idea of warpping/un-wrapping or tying ourselves in knots but
doing our best and having a good laugh and creating something
beautiful together in the process.;-)

I like the idea of the ceremonies having both a more formal/solemn
part and then a silly, laugh and release part - in celebration of both
the profound sacredness and beauty and the grand absurdity and total
ridiculousness of life!


Anyway - I would be very happy to have a brainstorming session with
interested parties about The Heart of Nowhere at some point during the
decomp. weekend - maybe Sunday lunch or something? That was we don't
collide with the greening meeting (if people want to go to both) but
hopefully at least some of the people traveling to/from London from
elsewhere (like myself) will still be around?

Biggest question for a potential meeting though...Tessa or someone
else living in London, WHERE should/could we meet for a
heart-warming-brain-storming?:-)


Love,
Ellen/Mjr W.

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Mel Cronin <mel.cronin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Ruby and everyone else too!
> I love love love the ideas mentioned here and on the Wiki; they sound
> ambitious enough to get juices flowing and still be do-able. The thoughts of
> creating special spaces at the 4 corners of Nowhere dedicated to the
> elements makes me feel super tingly! It's as if we would be creating a magic
> circle (a circle with corners mind you!) of power around us, creating a
> sacred space within that circle in which all kinds of healing, happiness,
> harmony and high jinks could take place. So much comes up for so man of us
> when at these events, and having the Writing Stations would be a great way
> for folks to work on processing their stuff, getting stuff off their minds,
> striking while the creative iron is hot. Love it.
> As for the opening and closing ceremonies, a ritual that might work would be
> the creation of an arrow at the opening. This arrow would be representative
> of either the things we want to release, or the things we want to create or
> bring into being for the future. Or possibly both? Perhaps the decorations
> at the tip of the arrow could be release-type things, and those at the base
> could be what we want to manifest?  The opening ceremony could be where we
> bless and dedicate the arrows, and then during the week, we create them,
> decorating them as we gain insights from the 4 Writing Stations, and from
> our daily interactions with our fellow Nooners. At the closing ceremony, we
> could let our arrows fly, probably into a fire (burn barrel would be fine),
> releasing our attachments to all we have put into them, and to the outcome.
> Would work well with the releasing/destroying of the writings also, I think.
> I've participated in a version of this ritual before and it was very
> powerful. Any interest?
> Blessings
> Mel
>
> On 24 Oct 2008, at 14:12, Ruby May wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I know this is a little strange as I am on the other side of the world and
> wont be at decom this December but it would be really awesome if anyone
> interested in the Heart of Nowhere could all meet up and hang out and maybe
> discuss some ideas for next year...
>
> If you haven't checked out the wiki page for the Heart of Nowhere
>  http://wiki.goingnowhere.org/2008/HeartOfNowhere do have a peak -  a few
> people have written some thoughts down and hopefully it will continue to
> grow.
>
> Something really exciting that is in the pipelines is 'Feeding the Heart'
> (or title still to be decided upon) - an ambitious project that Ellen is
> facilitating, which will include the participation ideally of every single
> Nowhere citizen. The idea is to have 4 writing stations positioned at North,
> South, East and West points on the outskirts of Nowhere and decorated e.g
> according to the elements they represent. Nowhere citizens would be invited
> to write/type at each station, expressing anything 'from the heart'. An
> opening ceremony could tie in with the four stations by e.g lighting each
> station, inviting the different energies into the circle of Nowhere and
> transforming the whole of Nowhere into a 'magic circle'. The idea would then
> be for everyone's collective writings to be hung for everyone to see on the
> Saturday and then as part of a closing ceremony on Sunday, the scraps of
> paper of fabric could then be transformed or released or destroyed in some
> way.
>
> Ellen, I hope I have done justice to your idea by attempting to summarise it
> in a paragraph. It is obviously still in the early stages as well and will
> continue to grow.
>
> To read in more detail check
> out http://wiki.goingnowhere.org/2008/FeedingTheHeart and please feel free
> to add your ideas and comments on the wiki.
>
> I'm really excited at the idea of this project and combining it with an
> opening and closing ceremonies...I think it could be very powerful and
> magical and meaningful to many and be a fantastic way to get a broad
> spectrum of people involved and participating.
>
> So this email is a shout out for anyone who thinks they would like to get
> involved - in 'Feeding the Heart' or the opening and closing ceremonies -
> either in the organisation or decoration, or costume making, dancing,
> singing, throwing ideas around....and to anyone coming to decom who is up
> for coming along to a little gathering.
>
> Ellen and Tessa - can maybe you guys take on from here? Feel a
> little jealous as that weekend I will be far away from some of my
> favouritist people in the whole world...although who am I kidding, I will be
> spending my last week in India on my way to a super sunny Christmas in New
> Zealand followed by Kiwi burn, weeeee!
>
> Anyways, sending all of you a warm hug and ray of sunshine and look forward
> to hearing some responses....
>
> x
> Ruby.
>
>
> "Kissing a man who doesn't wax his moustache is like eating an egg without
> salt"
>
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