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A Journal of the Work That Reconnects Vol DeepA JournalTimes of the Work That Reconnects Portrait of The Fourth Time, by Carolyn Treadway Volume 1, Issue 1 Spring 2016 Welcome to Deep Times and the Work That Reconnects Network by Molly Brown Forty-eight members of the Work That Re- connects community gathered with Joanna Macy in late August and early September at River’s Bend Retreat Center in Mendocino County, CA. We had moved the Intensive there when fires and smoke prevented our meeting at Trout Lake Retreat Center in Washington State. Thanks to host Laurie Adams, we were able to gather at Rivers Bend on a week’s notice, for a necessarily shortened Intensive. These challenges heightened the precious- ness of our time together and our desire to connect more closely as a community— and to include the many others who were Photograph by Sylvia Duckwort; Creative Commons licensed not there in person. Many people who responded to a survey about the future of the world. The title, Deep Times, comes from what Joanna Work expressed a need for more connections within Macy calls “Deep Time” work, in which we reconnect the community. Out of that need arose the intention to with ancestors and future beings to guide and inspire form a more robust network, a living system, for taking us. Deep Times follows the Spiral of the Work That Re- the Work That Reconnects into the future with strong connects, with articles and poems on Gratitude, Honor- structures for mutual support, communication and col- ing Our Pain for the World, Seeing with New Eyes, and laboration. Going Forth. There A group of us began to explore Deep Times follows the Spiral of the Work are also sections how to create a more inter- for Network Weav- connected network, with an That Reconnects, with articles and poems on ing and Resources expanded website, a journal, (book reviews and educational films and videos, Gratitude, Honoring Our Pain for the World, suggestions, videos a scholarship fund, and other Seeing with New Eyes, and Going Forth. and films, websites, projects people dream up--and etc). May you find with the ability to raise and here inspiration and manage funds for all this. Some wanted to focus on connections to sup- the website (www.workthatreconnects.org) so that it port your work for the Great Turning to a Life-Sustaining can better serve the community by providing more Society. ways to connect, collaborate and educate. I felt es- Several colleagues stepped forward to help create the pecially called to create a Journal for the community. Journal: Aravinda Ananda, Karina Lutz, Randy Morris, Thus this first issue of Deep Times inaugurates the Jour- Rebecca Selove, Bob Stilger, and Carolyn Treadway. nal as a major step in weaving the Work That Recon- Each has brought special talents and experience to the nects Network. team, for which I am most grateful. Anne Symens-Bu- cher and Joanna Macy were able to provide some funds from a grant to pay for the graphic design and layout. About the Journal For this first issue, I’ve recruited a number of people to share their efforts and experiences; I deeply appreciate This Journal is meant to inform you about the remark- their contributions. able projects various people are engaged in, as well as inspire you with new perspectives on the Work and the 2 The Journal will be published three times a year and I encourage everyone to submit articles: about the Our Vision work you are doing, on insights and inquiry into concepts and theory of the Work That Reconnects, • The Work That Reconnects Network provides about your work with specific populations, your support, guidance, and inspiration to people poetry, music, artwork, and anything else you want all over the world in their work for the Great to share with the larger community. We’ll start work Turning, in diverse communities, schools, on the next issue as soon as this one is published, so universities, businesses, government agencies, send your material by May 20, 2016 to: deeptimes@ and NGOs. workthatreconnects.org. • The Work That Reconnects Network func- I hope to focus future issues on specific themes with tions as a vibrant living system, providing com- guest editors, so please step forward if you are inter- munication, education, mutual support, and ested in filling that role. Your suggestions and contri- collaboration in creating curricula, practices, butions will help make this journal a truly community effort. books and articles, music, poetry, and art. About the Work That Reconnects Network The ad hoc group that formed after the August-Sep- Our Mission tember Intensive has met on several teleconference • To design and build a network of facilitators calls to envision and explore how to create a more vibrant social impact network of facilitators and sup- and community members in the Work That porters of the Work That Reconnects. We hope this Reconnects for optimal communication, Network can help bring forward generative responses collaboration, inspiration, and mutual support, to the complex crises of our time. and to contribute to the Great Turning. This planning group now includes people who at- • To promote the Work That Reconnects in tended the intensive and others who had expressed the world by building relationships in person a strong interest in building relationships and help- and via social media, an interactive website, a ing weave a network. The group currently includes periodic journal, and other means. Constance Washburn, Molly Brown, Werner Brandt, Aravinda Ananda, Emily Ryan, Kimberly Hooks, Lydia • funding and staff to enable the Work That Harutoonian, Marguerite Kahr, Kathleen Rude, and Reconnects Network to fulfill its vision. Anne Symens-Bucher. For the time being, we call the group “Stewarding the Work That Reconnects.” We’ve composed the vision, mission and values (at right) to guide our work. Our Values Building such a network is a challenging undertak- Openness, transparency, connectivity, collabo- ing so we are particularly looking for people who ration, inclusivity, diversity, kindness, service have experience with network building and fundrais- to the welfare of all beings of the three times, ing. Constance Washburn is coordinating this effort and to the healing of the planet. so please contact her at network@workthatrecon- nects.org if you would like to participate. An article on how to build a network appears in the Network Weaving section of the journal. Donate to the Network As part of building the Network, we are in the pro- Please help support the Network, the Work- cess of upgrading the workthatreconnects.org web- thatReconnects.org website development, site. Werner Brandt is spearheading this effort; if you Deep Times Journal, and Network Weaving; have skills to contribute to the continued improve- membership directory, gatherings, building ment of the website, please contact him at admin@ communication platforms,etc. workthatreconnects.org. A sister organization, Interhelp, is providing fiscal sponsorship so your donations are tax deductible. 3 Table of Contents: A Journey through the Spiral 2 Welcome to Deep Times and The Work That Reconnects by Molly Brown Seeing with New Eyes 18 The Work That Reconnects in the Three Americas, an Interview with Gratitude Adrian Villasenor-Galarza, by Karina Lutz 6 New Year’s Letter by Joanna Macy 20 This Holy Earth, a poem by Libby Roderick 8 Gratitude for Joanna Macy’s teachings, 21 Dismantling Oppression, an Interview edited by Molly Brown with Adelaja Simon by Anne Symens-Bucher 10 A Serious Frivolity, poem by Bernadette Miller. 23 Jeweled Net of Indra, a poem by Dane Cervine 24 The Great Turning Radio Show: Inspiration by Claire Maitre Trial Run by Seelie Honoring Our Pain 26 Songs for the Great Turning by Gretchen Slicker, Barbara Ford and Jen Myzel 11 Anger and Anguish: Witnessing Itatemura, Fukushima, Japan by Bob Stilger 13 Thoughts on Evolutions Unfolding in the Great Turning, a poem by Dennis Rivers Going Forth 14 Music as Medicine in Our Planet-Time, 28 An Emergent Vision of the Three Dimensions An interview with Lydia Harutoonian of the Great Turning by Anne Symens-Bucher by Molly Brown 31 God speaks to each of us, a poem 15 Let this darkness by a belltower, a by Rainer Maria Rilke, poem by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated translated by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows 32 The Great Turning Community Fair: 17 Chestnut, maple, elm, a poem by Celebrating the Transformation of our Karina Lutz culture and the Earth by Candace Joy 35 The German Holon Training by Gunter Hamburger 36 Deep Time Blessing, a poem by Doug Hitt 37 On-going Groups in the Work That Reconnects by Aravinda Ananda 4 Deep Times - A Journal of the Work That Reconnects Vol. #1 Issue #1 - Spring 2016 Editor: Molly Young Brown Editorial Team: Aravinda Ananda, Karina Lutz (poetry editor), Randy Morris, Rebecca Selove, Bob Stilger, and Carolyn Treadway. Contributors: Aravinda Ananda, Molly Brown, Dane Cervine, Gunther Hamburger, Doug Hitt, Candace Joy, Karina Lutz, Joanna Macy, Claire Maitre, Bernadette Miller, Randy Morris, Dennis Rivers, Libby Roderick, Seelie, Bob Stilger, Anne Symens-Bucher, Carolyn Treadway, Constance Washburn. Deep Times is published online three times a year at workthatreconnects.org. To subscribe, sign up on the website. Submissions for Summer issue are due by May 20th. The Network provides support, guidance, and inspira- tion to people all over the world in their work for the Great Turning. We welcome your donations to support Artwork by Dori Midnight the Work That Reconnects Network and Deep Times. The Work That Reconnects Network is currently a fiscal project of Interhelp so all donations are tax-deductible. Website: workthatreconnects.org Email: [email protected] Network-Weaving Creative Commons license: 39 Growing the Work That Reconnects Deep Times: A Journal of the Work That Network Together Reconnects by www.workthatreconnects.org by Constance Washburn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non- Commercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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