Present: Bianca, RJ, Chelsea, Saturn, Michael at the Spoon House
Serving: Sho pu-erh – Deeper than the Deepest Hole
Agenda
- Reconsidering “living naturally”
- Opal St. – (D)NA, i(M)provisation, (T)heatre Collaborations
- Non-profit/club
- Next vision circle
Reconsidering “Living Naturally”
Due to green washing efforts of the industrial complex there’s a misplaced use of the word “natural” we are reconsidering our phrasing of that which we are envisioning in a considerate manner of word choice (spell-ing)
Rearranging our approach to work: sharing tools, facilitating sustainable learning processes
Mutual exchange of resources (re-sourcing?)
Honest and connected (Chelsea): connected to each other and to places (honest = transparency)
Finding INspiration is being honest with ourselves (simmering on what are we really wanting)
Feelings are honest, multidirectionality, what do we do everyday?
*simple language: approach-ability and spaciousness
Empowering others without telling them what to do while being available to provide guidance
How would a project approach collective rising?
no need or interest “owning” projects, non-possession
ecstatic dance, wood shop are examples of places/projects of collective
crowd sourcing: we would show up to support projects
formatting/organizing: create a help forum (ex. community resource map), mutual learning
Tapping into records: consciousness of other collectives (forests, constellations) “work”/creating a living together through our projects (direct experiences)
**Together: to gather consciousness to learn how to make an honest living together
playful approach: subtle and simple
Opal St.
changes appearance, fluctuating, not definitive
projects that are approachable, street orientation
ethereal dance company
Non-profit/Club for Collective
There is paperwork that we can fill out at HSU, and there’s a non-profit committee in Humboldt County that meets with groups interested in becoming a non-profit project
Broader than ecstatic dance? expanding space for dancing
Relationship with community yoga center, approach cautiously and hesitantly
Star/Brennan: reaching out to their project at Humbrews, get feedback
Opal St. projects in motion
Next Vision Circle
Do what we are saying!
show up to each other’s projects
go on an adventure together where we make it up as we go! (firewood harvest?)
generating so much resource that it attracts community by modeling that resources occur in different ways including but not limited to money
Bianca & RJ > club of meaning and empowerment – generating performance art, expanding club idea
Dance Your Own Adventure @ Community Yoga Center T/TH 7-9:30 PM
Open source legislation, surrealism manifesto
rotating focalizers of council gatherings (as a project itself) “it’s not their project, breaking mold of leadership”
each moon: quest/council