Death Cafe profile for char
Decided to go for it on the spur -o-the-moment , and painted my starry madonna on a reclaimed shade from the Away Station. Used wax drippings to represent the celestial stars, and then washed over with a giagantic japanese brush. It was fun to make use of natural pigments and hand mix with medium. Photos of ancestors I pulled off computer, rubbing my hands over their faces with gloss medium, whenI added a little smudge of gold powder on their heart or forehead or let it brush out like wings, I surprised myself, and became a bit moved.
Dialing in and saying 'YES', (even last minute), to creativity ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in Fairfax, California
Posted by char on Feb. 4, 2016, 9:11 p.m.
How rich to share on Death amongst familiars, friends and many new faces in the sacred space of openess and beauty Sukhasiddhi Foundation provided.
Hard to fathom the many perspectives and thoughtful personal shares took place in the course of ONLY 2 hours - deep medicine.
Some skeletons came out of the closet and comfortably danced together for a bit, gaining some footing into the mystery by sharing something of what has been experienced of death so far, every ear open to one another, learning more, what moves are possible and how it might be ... heart emoticon
When it was over, I felt most of us wanting to continue ...