Friday, July 15, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
2011 - Homecoming at The Gathering
Our theme this year is - "PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL HOME: MEMORY, GRACE, AND STRUCTURE".
Anytime fancy words like "Metaphysical" are trotted out, I start limbering up for some mental gymnastics. To be sure I knew what I was talking about I went and looked up "Metaphysics" in the Dictionary:
Anytime fancy words like "Metaphysical" are trotted out, I start limbering up for some mental gymnastics. To be sure I knew what I was talking about I went and looked up "Metaphysics" in the Dictionary:
- Metaphysics - "the philosophical study of the nature of reality, concerned with such questions as the existence of God, the external world, etc".
Wow! There is nothing I love more than ruminating about the nature of reality. But to be honest, I have floundered a bit with the abstraction of this theme until I was inspired at dinner tonight.
During her introduction, Charlotte Ravioli mentioned how Keystone College President Dr. Edward G. Boehm, Jr has fostered a greater awareness of the school's history. Specifically that in 1868 the founders of Keystone Academy chose to start the school as a memorial to all the souls from this area that did not return from the Civil War.
MEMORY + GRACE = STRUCTURE
- MEMORY The memory of those who did not return home
- GRACE the kindness of those remembering the ones they lost
- STRUCTURE brought this school and this event into being.
Through the farsighted kindness of those remembering their loved ones a far reaching legacy emerged - Keystone College.
This may be an overly literal interpretation of our theme this year, but it works for me.
How do you interpret the theme of "PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL HOME: MEMORY, GRACE, AND STRUCTURE"?
This may be an overly literal interpretation of our theme this year, but it works for me.
How do you interpret the theme of "PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL HOME: MEMORY, GRACE, AND STRUCTURE"?
Please feel free to comment.
Monday, June 13, 2011
The Gathering 2011 Blog has a New Home!
Navigate over to TheGatheringAtKeystone and join in on the fun for 2011 Gathering!
We are launching a group writing exercise. The Gathering, July 14-17, 2011 is coming soon, but perhaps not soon enough for some of us. The theme “Physical and Metaphysical Home: Memory, Grace and Structure” offers much fodder for those with an active imagination.
With the intention of enjoying and connecting with each other prior to those anticipated days in July, let's write a short story together.
How it works:
1. Respond to the prompt below by posting a comment on the Gathering Facebook Fanpage.
2. Read the responses others have posted on Facebook and click on “like” for the ones you like
the best.
3. After a review period we will close for voting and amend the story with the most popular
selection, adding it to the text body (on the Gathering blog)
4. The next prompt for input is posted for commentary. (rinse and repeat and soon our shared
story has emerged!)
We are launching a group writing exercise. The Gathering, July 14-17, 2011 is coming soon, but perhaps not soon enough for some of us. The theme “Physical and Metaphysical Home: Memory, Grace and Structure” offers much fodder for those with an active imagination.
With the intention of enjoying and connecting with each other prior to those anticipated days in July, let's write a short story together.
How it works:
1. Respond to the prompt below by posting a comment on the Gathering Facebook Fanpage.
2. Read the responses others have posted on Facebook and click on “like” for the ones you like
the best.
3. After a review period we will close for voting and amend the story with the most popular
selection, adding it to the text body (on the Gathering blog)
4. The next prompt for input is posted for commentary. (rinse and repeat and soon our shared
story has emerged!)
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