Just returned from a gathering with David Spangler who spoke about the spirit of home and Obama's election. Penelope Bourk (http://www.penelopestuartbourk.com/) surrounded Thomas Berry Hall with her wood-and-weaving sculpture series about the Odyssey and Homecoming. Her reflections deepened the experience of each piece by extending a prompt for reflection to the viewer.
David challenged us to think of making pilgrimage around our home with intention of attending to all details that nurtured us there. Looking with new eyes and heart in a mythic way, I began to write of my homecoming tonight to a small place extended to me that has become a very temporary home. I had to leave the cottage that was my home, studio, and nurturing work space for others.
David spoke of the longing for belonging, for being at home right where we are. How do we ground ourselves and dig in to the place right here? He also spoke of being open hearted and extending hospitality......even in relationship to those with whom we disagree, with those who voted for the other side, with those who experience the world differently. We are commissioned to be loving and inclusive. To be continued.....
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