Dear Jean-Francois! What a delight to hear from you! Thank you for expressing these things... it is wonderful to know there are like minded souls out there. Of course I would be glad if you could attend Burning Man but I am sure we have lots to talk about either way.
It takes place at the end of August - in the Black Rock Desert (Nevada) There is a regional "burn" somewhere in Texas, but I dont know when or where. Please introduce me to anyone who may be excited about the program. Toronto is actually near to me. :) Do you have experience with OST? I am quite new to it. Thank you! And a thousand blessings! Gwendelyn --- Jean-Francois Gouin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Gwen, > > Fabulous idea as a person who is both an artist > (poet and musician) and a > Sustainability professional, I have been thinking a > lot about this and have > experimented around the subject. My writing and my > performing are deeply > related to my interest for Sustainability and it's > philosophical > implications. Namely the relation between humans and > nature and the > importance of spirituality and intuition in dealing > with complexity. I find > that art is a powerful medium to express ideas that > can only be incompletely > represented through a rational discourse. It allows > to reach people at a > deeper more fondamental level. There, an intimate > conviction can be stirred, > reach consciousness and result into action. At the > same time this reflection > brings us to the core of what is art and what is its > social role. This > encompasses its utilitarian or political functions > as well as a way to reach > deeper levels of consciousness and maybe even > connect to a global > consciousness. > > Anyhow, I do not recall when the burningman festival > will occur and it may > be difficult for me to get to it (I am living in > France right now and I > believe it takes place in Texas right?). However, I > would be happy to > participate in your project. For instance I still > have some connections in > Toronto which may be of use. > > All the best, > > Jean-François > -- > __________________________ > Jean-François Gouin > Consultant Durabilité - Sustainability Consultant > MUSE - Building Horizons / Constructeur d'Horizons > [email protected] > Tel: (+ 33) (0)4 91 73 36 93 > Mobile: (+33) (0)6 81 17 56 97 > 35Bis Boulevard Alexandre Delabre > 13008 Marseille - France > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
