[HeartOfNowhere] Heart of Nowhere Gathering this Decom

[Ellen Millar]

Anya has also offered to host us at her place in Notting Hill - Maybe
you two could figure out what would be the best location in regards to
space/capacity and location?:-)

So nice to be part of a group of people where the "problem" is
instantly too many options!;-D


MjrW:-)


On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:13 AM, tessa wills <tessa at wills.net> wrote:
> youd be super duper loads welcome at my house or my studio. sunday
> lunch time is great. Do you think either of those would be appropriate?
> tess
> On 28 Oct 2008, at 08:52, Ellen Millar wrote:
>
>> 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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