Where did SHE come from?! Where did SHE come from? Stealthlike, SHE appeared overnight Curve, Arch, Round, At the strike of 10 Eyes closed tight shut Because that will stop HER, right? 1, 2,3 called out in class “Ladies…… Because you are ladies now, We thought you might want more privacy Conspiratorial whispers, “Where are they going?” “Why?” Change in here Away from the others Staring down a toilet stall Segregated Shamed Branded on a seared cheek Member of a club I did not invite myself to. From To See, To Know, To Shape, To Show: The Path of an Indigenous Artist in Arts-Based and Contemplative Practices In Research and Teaching: Honouring Presence by Walsh, Bickel and Leggo, C (Eds) (2015).
Vicki Kelly writes: "Sometimes artists experience profound moments of grace when with insight, they seem to see into the heart of things." (p.55) From Writing Witness Consciousness by Heesoon Bai and Susan Walsh in Arts-Based and Contemplative Practices In Research and Teaching: Honouring Presence by Walsh, Bickel and Leggo, C (Eds) (2015). Heesoon writes: " Relationship is the medium through which we catch an angle, reflected something that compels us. Opening to another in this way, helps to undercut (the illusion of) solidarity of self." (p.40) I was drawn to the Gongshi in the Sun-Yat-Sen Garden, so I decided to do a watercolour and ink drawing of one. From the information posted in the garden I learned they are based on the Daoist principle of "PU". Known as The Uncarved Block they show the power of things in their natural state. A Power that can not be diminished when the simplicity of the elemental state is changed.
From Writing Witness Consciousness by Heesoon Bai and Susan Walsh in Arts-Based and Contemplative Practices In Research and Teaching: Honouring Presence by Walsh, Bickel and Leggo, C (Eds) (2015) Susan Walsh writes
" A sense of the heart opening. An image of being in a circle of teachers, surrounded by light. Warm yellow glowing. Goodness, humility reflected in the cosmic mirror." (p.34) Writing Witness Consciousness by Heesoon Bai & Susan Walsh. Chapter ? in Arts-Based and Contemplative Practices In Research and Teaching: Honouring Presence by Walsh, Bickel and Leggo, C (Eds) (2015).
I have joined Andrea and Kamala's group to present this chapter to the group. I wanted to learn more about Heesoon and Susan's process. I think Andrea and Kamala would like to try doing this process with writing and perhaps art, then presenting it to the group as an example. Process summary from page 28 - allow for whatever arises to arise through meditation practice and contemplating each others words - meditate and write in the virtual presence of the other (transcends space and time). Presencing. - email writing to each other and spend time with each others words. - attend to, attune to what the other has articulated. - hold open space to see what words, images, feelings, arise as compelling. This involves being attuned to self and the other. - contemplate whatever has arisen. Sit with it. Open to it. - enter into reverberation of feelings, thoughts, images, bodily sensations. In response to virtual presence. Resonance (Siegel 2010) In Writing Witness Consciousness in Arts-Based and Contemplative Practices In Research and Teaching: Honouring Presence by Walsh, Bickel and Leggo, C (Eds) (2015). Heesoon attempts to bear and be with her grief, loss and suffering. She writes:
"Compassion as an ethical state of being is not just the empathic suffering part. that's the necessary beginning that leads to the next part- bearing the suffering with equanimity and clarity of consciousness." (p.40) |
Helen Kennett-Bacon.Originally from South Yorkshire in England, I've lived with my husband Neil in Kitsilano, Vancouver for 10 years. We are fur-parents to our French bulldog Dave, I am a Registered Psychiatric Nurse specialising in ADHD. Archives
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