Page 4 - Continuing Studies Calendar 2012-2013

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“Tell me what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
M. Oliver
Join in the largest conversations we can
have with the world led by cultural artisans, leaders
in the eld, elders, artists, activists, poets, philosophers, renegades and warriors -- those in their mastery who are willing to ask the kinds of courageous questions that, wise poet David Whyte offers, “have no right to go away”. Fierce, forward-thinking, fantastically brave visionaries of our time living on the frontiers of their own lives, showusawaytostepupto the edge and live into our own deeply creative contributions toward a more life-sustaining and possible world for all.
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Becoming Animal
MEMA3023
Come join David Abram, cultural ecologist, wild philosopher and author of
The Spell of the Sensuous and Becoming Animal, for a spirited conversation on storytelling, wonder, and the untamed magic that moves between the body and the breathing earth.
Facilitator: David Abram. See bio on page 40.
Length: 2 hours
Date: Thu, Oct 3, 2013 Time: 7pm – 9pm
Cost: $20 + applicable taxes Best to Register by: Thu, Sep 19, 2013
Between the Human Animal and the Animate Earth: Falling Awake
MEMA3022
As the climate veers toward catastrophe, the losses cascading throughout the biosphere make evident the need for a transformation
in our relationship with the living land. Cultural ecologist David Abram examines our animal experience with the earth around us – tapping the forgotten rapport between our creaturely senses and the sensuous terrain. Explore the wild ecology of perception, language, and storytelling
beyond the mysterious realm of the modern mind.
Facilitator: David Abram. See bio on page 40.
Length: 1 evening, 2 days Date:Fri,Sat&Sun,Oct4,5&6, 2013
Time: Fri, 7pm – 9pm, Sat, 10am – 4pm, Sun, 10am – 2pm
Cost: $295 (tax exempt)
Best to Register by: Fri, Sep 20, 2013
An Evening
with David Whyte MEMA3019
Through the poetry of David Whyte, you will examine the philosophic questions that compel us to look at the larger, timeless relationships of human beings, our world and our relationship with creation and death. With 9 books, an audio lecture series, a DVD, and an album of poetry and music to his credit, David’s massive readership has resulted in his works being favourably compared to major contemporary Irish-American and English poets. See bio on page 51.
Length: 2 hours
Date: Fri, May 3, 2013
Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Cost: $30 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Fri, Apr 19, 2013
Hope and Wild Apples
MEMA3010
Robert Bateman, one of Canada’s foremost artists and environmental champions, has
been an artist and naturalist since his early childhood.
His medium, painted wildlife and nature, expresses the particularity of our planet, and he encourages us reconnect by slowing down, paying attention, getting acquainted, and falling in love with nature, and in so doing become the protectors of it for the future of life. See bio on page 41.
Length: 3.5 hours
Date: Fri, Dec 14, 2012
Time: 1pm – 4:30pm
Cost: $30 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Fri, Nov 30, 2012
An Invitation to Warriorship: an evening talk MEMA3024
Most cultures have a tradition of warriors, individuals entrusted with defending
the faith, the culture, or the kingdom. Today we need
well trained and extremely well-armed contemporary warriors with two "weapons": compassion and insight, and
a willingness to go into the corridors of power to dismantle the beliefs and behaviors that are destroying life. In this discussion, Margaret invites us to take on this role - warriors for the human spirit.
Facilitator: Margaret Wheatley. See bio on page 51.
Length: 2 hours
Date: Thu, Mar 21, 2013
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