Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Radiance/Bright Omens: Li

From Total I Ching – Stephen Karcher

The Bright Presence of the spirit of the omens.
An axis of change
Prima Materia

Make a sacrifice at the Earth Alter
and you will have a place where people congregate.

A Bright Presence of things,
a numen that surges from the depths,
turning them into omens that reveal the spirits.

Li- spreading light, illuminate, discriminate, articulate, arrange and order. A pattern of words and symbols. She is the yellow lia-bird associated with brightness, fire and the light of the heavenly bodies.
Midday sun.
Summer, the south and the beauty and the splendor of things.

Make things conscious.
Bring together what belongs together.
This is the time of intelligent effort and accumulating awareness.
It includes unexpected and meaningful encounters, separations from the old and experiences outside the ordinary.

Put your ideas to the trial.
That brings profit and insight.
It is pleasing to the spirits.
Being flexible and adaptive connects you with what is central and correct.
This is why nurturing receptive strength is so important.

These are good omens, a Bright Presence at the beginning.
Be very careful with the first steps. Polish and clarify your motives and feelings. Treat this beginning with real respect. You won’t be making a mistake.

Bite through the obstacles! Proceed step by step. Gather your energy for a decisive new move. Beautify things. Re-imagine the situation. Gather energy for a decisive new move.

Monday, August 4, 2008

From "Concluding Request to the Protectors"

"May the world enjoy peace, have good harvests,
Abundant grain, expansion of dharma,
And glorious auspiciousness,
Accomplish whatever mind desires."

A Gathering of the Art Tribe! 2008 dance.art.lab

dance.art.lab 2008 participants
June 18 - June 22
hosted by Barbara Dilley and Naropa University


Margot Bassett, Mary-Laurence Bevington, Lauren Brenner, Joan Bruemmer, Maria Flegas, Sally Foster, Tricia Glennon, Regan Halas, Katharine Kaufman, Janna Miering, Paul Montgomery, Sharoni Stern Siegel and Damaris Webb

deSOLateDeligHt in the 2008 Boulder Fringe!

deSOLateDeligHt Project: The Bright Presence of Things is ensemble created contemplative performance art inspired by the Dharma Art teaching of the Tibetan mediation master, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Conceived by Barbara Dilley, dancer, choreographer, and professor of the performing arts at Naropa University. The Project mingles the ‘meditative state of mind” with contemporary western disciplines of improvisation in movement, text and sound.

Each performance is unique yet contains images of text, objects and song practiced by the ensemble. Calling the mysteries of this moment – nowness – into the room and stitching them together with beauty, memory and the skills of the great surrealists.

Four performances only:
Friday, 8/15

Saturday, 8/16
Monday, 8/18
Tuesday, 8/19
All performances at 8pm.

In the Community Room of the Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center
1345 Spruce Street, Boulder

$10 general admission; 2-for-1 for students/seniors for every performance, tickets available at the door, or in the advance @: www.boulderfringe.com.

deSOLateDeligHt Project:
The Bright Presence of Things

is
Sondra Blanchard, Barbara Dilley, Meridith Crosley, Gary Grundei, Katherine Kaufman, Christa Ray, Damaris Webb and Miriam Wolodarski