| | Welcome to Brooklyn Love!
Brooklyn Love (art) salon is a time and place for artists, open-hearted searching people and their
friends to present what they do (or want to do), building on themes,
making connections and sharing experiences.
It is a wonderful
opportunity to share food, ideas, giveaways, works-in-process and to
meet once a month with friends in a supportive environment.
Also
a time to acknowledge courage, heart, talent, hard work and humor, and
to express appreciation for luminous moments and surprises. And a time
to eat (first of course!) drink and socialize.
Paula
J., Ursula, Mary, Chico, Paul, Ric, Paula H., Silvia, Pip, Tomek, Will
and our friend from Cologne, Nicole met in Red Hook, Brooklyn on a
Sunday afternoon in July. Our theme for the month was Tolerance-The Heat Is On!
We
began with a free drawing with our impressions of tolerance while
listening to the Gypsy/Cuban duo Bebo and Cigala. We shared our
drawings with each other which inspired a lively discussion in which
one perspective of tolerance was the feeling of "vibrations when
opposites
work together. "
We listened to the collaborative music of Bebo and
Cigala again to inspire us further.
Paul
read new lyrics from his musical about Van Gogh, "Painting the
Wind" from a song called "Despair" sung by Gaugin. Paul reflected
on Gaugin's inner turmoil and shared his experience of the
collaborative process with us.
Will shared photos from his visit to India,
which he experienced as a continent rich in diversity. His photos
reflected the theme of tolerance as a distinct intimacy because of the
openness of physical contact which he felt is less an issue in India.
Many of us shared our experiences of travels to India and the
feeling of moving deeply into a culture as an outsider. Will also
shared a series of photos taken of his mother and the landscape of his hometown in Ohio.
Paula H. read some short writing and Paula J. sang two original songs, “In This Time” and “Love and
Forgetting”.
We enjoyed a lengthy discussion about Tolerance and Intolerance. Silvia talked about Ethnicity Day at her school and how
students practice tolerance by sharing their different cultures.
Ric
read thoughts by various philosophers on tolerance, some of which
spoke of tolerance negatively as an act of submission. Many felt that
tolerance is an active process and that intolerance is as a
state of being.
To close or salon, Nicole taught us a gypsy song called “Romale”
Brooklyn Love (art) salon meets again on September 18th in Red Hook. The theme for September is Ripening and Harvesting.
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