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‘In any creative work, be it the artist or the artisan, the creatve person unites with the material they are working with, which symbolises the world outside him/herself. The worker and the artefact become one. The human being becomes one with his creation. ‘ Erich Fromm
The word Poiein in Ancient Greek (ποιεá¿–ν) means making. It is where the word Poetry comes from. Plato had pointed at the connection between craft-making and poetry, calling us to gaze at the rich worlds of form and meaning that come to life when we take raw material from our landscape and create with it. It is possible, when we look at a handcrafted object, to appreciate the emotion and soul life that the maker had infused in it.
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Sefrou is located in the heart of the middle Atlas. Traditionally, a market town located amidst fertile farming lands, it is known for its fruit orchards, cherry festival and the large Jewish community that lived there up until the last century. Sefrou is still home to a large community of local artisans, metal smiths, woodworkers, weavers and button makers. Though the community is still thriving, few are the ones of the young generation who wish to learn these skills.
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Visiting local crafts people in their workshops, we will learn about their work and daily lives as a way to get a sense of the place through the people and their working spaces. An orientation of the city from the inside out hosted by Culture Vultures, will lead us into a deeper relationship with Amazigh women who spin and weave and we will participate in a hands own textile workshop.
We will be introduced to ‘The Loom in Local Rituals’ and how women used the loom as a sacred medium for protection. On Sunday we will make a day trip to a mountain market town in the Middle Atlas where the wool comes from, to meet women who practice unbroken textile traditions in the region.
Alongside these visits our work will consist of listening to the stories that emerge from our activities, as well as engage with traditional stories from around the world to bring into clearer focus the role of craft-making in the life of the Soul. On our last day we will share these stories in a storytelling evening (no previous experience necessary). Daily shamanic practices will help us access ancestral knowledge and seek healing for modern day’s rupture between skill and community, craft and Time.
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KARMIT EVEN-ZUR
The 'earth serpent' is a vast network of serpentine currents that circulate the earth as electro-magnetic lines.
In Greek mythology, it is said that Gaia, the earth, distributed her wisdom through her subterranean veins to carry and embody her energy and knowledge. From the Greek word khthonios, comes the term chthonic meaning of the earth or subterranean.
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In ancient times, certain sacred sites formed a network of portals to maintain a living connection with the Chthonic powers. Spiritual relationality between humans and their environment was practiced in these oracular sanctuaries.
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SuperOrganism is a space/practice I offer in various settings to engage with gnostic knowledge of cyclic transformation and an enhanced sensorial connection with the natural environment.
What happens when we let the serpentine energy resurface and reclaim its potent energy? Reclaiming our serpentine life forces and getting to know the electromagnetic currents of the earth opens us up to the gnostic knowledge of cyclic transformation, increasing our sensory vocabulary and helps us re-inhabit the territory. It opens us up to an eco-systemic awareness.
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bio-intelligence
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People who want to engage with different systems of knowledge to develop artistic / ecological practices for mending the rift we have created, as modern human beings, between ourselves and nature.
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People who want to fine tune their sensory relationship with their surroundings and hone the skills to reveal these sensitivities through their artwork;
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People who want to develop/fine tune a creative practice that will make space to ask ecologically generative questions and create the space to listen to the answers.
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'The Flowing pattern of geomagnetic energy is the psychic circulation systems of the earth's body.' Robert Lawlor
