School of a Spinning Planet is a four part exploration of place based community philosophy anchored in the seasonal equinoxes and solstices. Presented over a year, each workshop will be presented in response to each of these seasonal ‘cross quarters’. Working at the intersection of community philosophy, place based creative practice and ritual, the workshops use the seasons as provocation for collective reflection and learning. Each workshop will be followed by a blog post reflecting on the experience and learning.
WORKSHOP 1: Winter Solstice June 2024
The Lantern and The Star: Finding Our Way Through Dark Times
A fire side conversation using tarot cards as provocations, followed by chai and cake.
It can be hard to see in the dark.
Dark times are periods of instability and uncertainty, and are ever present in our world today
This workshop is an invitation to reflect and share our skills on navigating in the dark.
We will use two tarot cards, the hermit and the star, as our guides;
The hermit wanders through darkness with only a lantern to light their way.
The star appear above the rubble of the collapsed tower as a distant sign of hope.
How do we keep moving, when we can only see what is in front of us?
How do we fix our eyes on a distant horizon, knowing we may never reach it?
Blog post:
https://kellyleehickey.substack.com/p/the-lantern-and-the-star
