Joy & Grief As Sisters
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On June 20th, our wild church group gathered with another faith community at Harrison Bay near Chattanooga, TN (USA) to observe the Summer Solstice and participate in the Global Earth Exchange. It was a truly beautiful gathering of people with diverse beliefs and life experience. We honored grief for the flooding of the land and historical town to create the lake we sat near, the history of segregation in the park, and the litter and nearby nuclear plant. We connected directly with the land through deep listening before we came together to share what we heard. Then we sang “I believe I belong to the Earth…” and we created art together through found nature items and litter around us. We took part in radical joy by loving the land, honoring the wounds, and listening. Joy and grief presented themselves to us as sisters, much in the way the beauty of the lake and trees met with the stories of pollution, racism, and destruction. Our gathering included a wide span of ages from the youngest children at 3 years old to elders in their 70s. We will definitely participate again
On June 20th, our wild church group gathered with another faith community at Harrison Bay near Chattanooga, TN (USA) to observe the Summer Solstice and participate in the Global Earth Exchange. It was a truly beautiful gathering of people with diverse beliefs and life experience. We honored grief for the flooding of the land and historical town to create the lake we sat near, the history of segregation in the park, and the litter and nearby nuclear plant. We connected directly with the land through deep listening before we came together to share what we heard. Then we sang “I believe I belong to the Earth…” and we created art together through found nature items and litter around us. We took part in radical joy by loving the land, honoring the wounds, and listening. Joy and grief presented themselves to us as sisters, much in the way the beauty of the lake and trees met with the stories of pollution, racism, and destruction. Our gathering included a wide span of ages from the youngest children at 3 years old to elders in their 70s. We will definitely participate again
Why this Place?
Harrison Bay
This place is near a nuclear plant and has a history of harm done there with flooding by humans and segregation
Act of Beauty
We created art together with found nature and litter
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