Tribe & Fire

Come slow down with us. Give yourself two hours in the forest to remember that you are the earth and
peace is available in each moment. We’ll also make some cool art.

You don’t need to be an artist or writer to participate. 

 

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Wild Geese

by Mary Oliver
 

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting --
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

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Dates and locations are below. ​​

$20 /gathering 

Includes all art supplies and tea

If the cost is a barrier, please reach out

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​Please dress for the weather and bring something to sit on

 Please bring a journal and pen 

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What happens at a forest gathering? 

We meet in the parking lot at 9:30.

I welcome everyone and then we walk in silence for about 10 minutes.

Once we get to the river, everyone finds a place to sit for 15 minutes.

Some women meditate, others write or wonder with their camera.

This is a chance for you to arrive and do what feels good to you.

Then we gather in a circle and share what we notice.

I read a page from Pixie Lighthorse's book Prayers of Honouring and a poem.

I offer some writing prompts and we Free Write for 10 minutes. 

I introduce the art project and walk everyone through the steps.

So far we've made sound maps, beads from wild clay, paint from rocks,

sacred jewellery, land art, mini art journals, artist tools, soul collages and we weaved grass.

At this point I  pour some tea and we share our creations with each other.

At 11:30 we walk back to the parking lot in silence.

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