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Comment by Diane Butler on March 1, 2013 at 6:58am

SUNDAY, 3 FEBRUARY 2013
TWENTY-ONE MOMENTS OF STILLNESS

Stillness is an innate aspect of nature and way of being in the arts and religiosity of many traditions. In this session each person will guide her/his own movement practice. Beginning in a daily life posture, resting like a living tree or in a silent atmosphere yet still being alive in the context of the environment. Then staying or moving to a new posture in accord with the place, time, and conditions —– dwelling in twenty-one moments of stillness.

SUNDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2013
TRI HITA KARANA in ENVIRONMENTAL ART

To grow a vision of environmental art, one can study the Balinese principle of Tri Hita Karana – three elements that are the source of the cause of goodness or well-being which are: 1) concordance with other humans, 2) concordance with nature (space), and 3) concordance with God/the Source of Life. By placing and moving three small stones and two bamboo sticks, we will explore how our posture or movement forms space and conversely how the shape of the place affects our posture, movement or gesture. Then, create environmental compositions stemming from the principle of Tri Hita Karana.

Our practice on 10 February will be dedicated to the New Moon.

SUNDAY, 17 FEBRUARY 2013
EMBODIED MOVEMENT RELIEF

Beginning with daily life walking, practicing awareness of place and space. From the soul of the foot, gesture arises as movement relief. Like the centuries-old engravings of nature temples, in time the presence of gesture can deepen. In natural composing attuned with the elements of the place, art can emerge as an offering – expressing awakening.

SUNDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2013
AWAKENING ART & RELIGIOSITY

The word religiosity stems from the Latin roots religâre, legêre and relegêre meaning to link together, to gather, and re-collect; while art, from ars, denotes a way of being and ar, to fit together or join elements into an aesthetic form. It is in this light that art is as ‘an offering’ emerging from a deepening of inner feeling. We will explore dance, chant, prayer, music, poetic recitation and ritual offerings as art that reflects the diversity of humankind’s manner of bowing or reverence for God/the Source of Life.

March sessions are scheduled on
SUNDAY, 3 MARCH, 24 MARCH and 31 MARCH 2013
EMBODIED MOVEMENT RELIEF
8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
at Goa Gajah lotus pond in Bedulu, Bali

12 MARCH 2013
SILENCE ON NYEPI
Welcome to join in the silent holy day of Nyepi on 12 March 2013 to mark the new Çaka Year. Throughout the island of Bali people remain in their compounds and do not ignite fire or electricity for 24 hours. Many fast and are silent. Wherever you are on the earth, welcome to join in even just a few hours of silence with the nature and the Source of Life.

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Comment by Diane Butler on March 1, 2013 at 6:54am

LOCATION

Sharing Awakening Art sessions will be held in Bedulu, Bali at the lotus pond of Goa Gajah – a Bali Hindu pura where from circa the ninth to fourteenth centuries Buddhist and Çiwaist monks resided side by side in contemplative vihara. This heritage site is also associated with the seminal eleventh century meeting of interreligious reconciliation at Pura Samuan Tiga.

Goa Gajah is in Bedulu Village (15 minutes east of Ubud or 45 minutes north of Denpasar).

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These Sunday morning programs are offered tuition free.
Kindly bring a sarong and a sash.

Looking forward to sharing Awakening Art.
Terima kasih, thank you.
Diane

For further information or to share ideas, contact:
Diane Butler, Ph.D.
Awakening Art workshops
awakeningartworkshops (at) gmail.com

For Annual Programs in Bali and other countries, see:
awakeningartworkshops.wordpress.com