As a sidenote, I just want to point out that there is not one Medicine
Wheel, but many, according to different tribes and different parts of
the globe...
When you use one, it would be good to name where 'your' wheel is coming
from; as a way to honor the ancestors.
My two cents on this beautiful Monday morning,
Ria
On 17/04/11 23:34, Catherine Pfaehler wrote:
Dear Harold
To my humble experience with the medicine wheel, this feels exactly
right, it's a grand idea.
I hope Chris Corrigan feels called to answer, he works with the Native
Americans a lot.
The order of the principles is not so important to me. And the wheel
doesn't have to be explained following it in the circle either. You
can go from one principle to the other (in Harrison's order), jumping
around in the wheel (in your order). One can find a direction per
principle from different perspectives, thus placing the same principle
in different possible directions without this being a mistake (this is
only my opinion, perhaps there are more others who have a clear
picture of which principle must go to which direction of the medicine
wheel -- up to you which idea you want to follow). Different tribes of
Native Americans also have different explanations of the medicine
wheel and of the colours they use for a direction.
As to possible symbols -- perhaps the Native Americans or other native
people have found some already which they would like to share? What
comes to my mind (following your order of the principles) is
-North: draw some people, all going into the same direction?
-East: a sunrise for action starting?
-South: draw a smiley, and perhaps also a smiley who is crying? Depict
some emotions, perhaps also a smiley who is afraid. Or a bolt of
lightning?
-West: a moon and stars for quietness settling in, uniting reflection
with ending?
What about "Be prepared to be surprised" -- my favourite, as it is so
wonderfully paradoxical -- could this be written in letters, on the
back? Or could you use a question mark and an explanation mark next to
each other?
Make sure you print enough (organic?) T-shirts and offer us an
internationally fit mail order possibility which includes Europe, I'd
love to have one!
Heartfully, Catherine
Catherine Pfaehler
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*Von:*Harold Shinsato [mailto:[email protected]]
*Gesendet:* Sonntag, 17. April 2011 18:43
*An:* [email protected]
*Betreff:* [OSList] Visual Icons for the 4 Principles & 1 Law
The conspirators for the Open Space Technology facilitated Missoula
BarCamp put the 4 principles on the event t-shirt last year, and since
this year we're holding it in a beautiful new building, the Native
American Center on the Missoula campus of the University of Montana,
the t-shirt idea the passionate/responsible person is pursuing is to
use an aboriginal style iconography for the 4 principles and one law.
(Maybe think cave drawings.)
I know the visual icon for the one law is two feet. That's easy enough
and perhaps that could be in the center of this t-shirt design. But
what of the 4 principles? Any ideas?
Whoever comes is the right people
Whenever it starts is the right time
Whatever happens is the only thing that could have
When it's over it's over
This might be a stretch - but what do people think about
correspondences to the 4 directions of the Native American medicine
wheel? The directions of sunrise and sunset clearly seem to
correspond to start time and end time. I wonder if whoever comes could
be north and whatever happens could be south?
A quick google search turned up this image which summarizes the
aspects of the medicine wheel (direction, element, color, principles):
http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/chikiken/pic63.gif
North -> Air, Animals, White, Receives Energy, Mental Aspect, Wisdom
and Logic (Whoever Comes?)
East -> Fire, Sun, Yellow, Determines Energy, Spiritual Aspect,
Illumination and Enlightening (Whenever it starts?)
South -> Water, Plants, Red, Gives Energy, Emotional Aspect, Trust and
Innocence (Whatever Happens?)
West -> Earth, Black, Holds Energy, Physical Aspect, Introspection and
Insight (When its over?)
Even the ordering seems to fit!
Very curious as to folks thoughts - especially as to how the convey
the principles through simple icons.
--
Harold Shinsato
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http://shinsato.com
twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush>
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