Date & Time Details: 9:30 am - 11:30 am PDT
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Zoom – Transforming Trauma
With M Freeman
April 14, 2020
How do you turn something horrible into something beautiful? This two-hour gathering will ponder that question–it’s at the heart of Marilyn’s new book, The Illuminated Space, and might be the crucible for this collective moment in dealing with the pandemic. We’ll reflect on that question through readings, writing, contemplative practice and sharing.
Facilitator
M Freeman
Media artist, writer, spiritual director, and independent scholar, M Freeman works at the intersections of reckoning and resiliency, queerness and film, and contemplative, creative and social art practices. They are author of The Illuminated Space: A Personal Theory and Contemplative Practice of Media Art (The 3rd Thing, 2020) and creator of Cinema Divina—short films for contemplative practice. Their text and media arts essays have been published in or at The Fourth Genre, Ninth Letter, TriQuarterly, Blackbird, Rolling Stone and Abbey of the Arts. Their films are screened on PBS and in galleries, spirituality centers and festivals worldwide. marilynfreeman.com. Learn more about M Freeman
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Date & Time Details: 9:30 am - 11:30 am PDT Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Zoom – Transforming Trauma
With M Freeman
April 14, 2020
How do you turn something horrible into something beautiful? This two-hour gathering will ponder that question–it’s at the heart of Marilyn’s new book, The Illuminated Space, and might be the crucible for this collective moment in dealing with the pandemic. We’ll reflect on that question through readings, writing, contemplative practice and sharing.
Facilitator
Media artist, writer, spiritual director, and independent scholar, M Freeman works at the intersections of reckoning and resiliency, queerness and film, and contemplative, creative and social art practices. They are author of The Illuminated Space: A Personal Theory and Contemplative Practice of Media Art (The 3rd Thing, 2020) and creator of Cinema Divina—short films for contemplative practice. Their text and media arts essays have been published in or at The Fourth Genre, Ninth Letter, TriQuarterly, Blackbird, Rolling Stone and Abbey of the Arts. Their films are screened on PBS and in galleries, spirituality centers and festivals worldwide. marilynfreeman.com.
Learn more about M Freeman
SISTERS SPEAK: OUR BLOG
Sisters post on our Blog weekly on Fridays. See what our Sisters have to say about living Monastic Life in the 21st Century.
SR. LAURA ON YOUTUBE
See Sr. Laura’s youtube channel for some of her work in “restoring women to the stories we tell.”
CLICK, TAP, OR SCAN QR CODE WITH PHONE FOR HANDY MAP & DIRECTIONS TO ST PLACID:
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