News 2004
| May 2004 |
| Tokyo |
Though we, amy and arny,
were speaking about process work with our Tokyo friends, they seemed
to curve space and time transforming all that happened into a kind
of Zen teaching, creating a kind of Japanese process work which is
part of Asia. We were thrilled in our supervision work to encounter
the beginnings of an open forum and relationship work between Korea
and Japan, moving with facilitators into --and in a rare moment, through
-- the essence of the history of war.
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Late April 2004
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| Moscow |
Using the Hanoi Cinema in South Moscow
as a seminar venue, we explored quantum physics and the future of psychology
and spirituality with many hundreds of people from everywhere in today's
central Russia, Baltic states and Siberia. What a pleasure it was to
discover the many different ways in which process ideas are being integrated
into different aspects of Russian culture.
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April 2004
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London |
Speaking about basic principles with the
folks in London was like being in the midst of an ecstatic mind boggling
trip interweaving philosophy and psychology, art and puppets. What a pleasure!!
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April 2004
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| Dublin |
Amy and Arny were witnesses to the most
extraordinary experience in which process work communities from Ireland
and the UK, interacted around process work, and the influence of history
upon our inter-relationships. In our public seminar we explored issues
around colonialism, terrorism, and around religion.
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April 8th, 2004
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| Salt Lake City Update;
ILLINOIS TELLS MORMONS IT REGRETS EXPULSION |
In a 2003 News article, "Salt
Lake City :
Working with Mormon-Non-Mormon Tensions," we spoke of a significant
worldwork process in Salt Lake City Utah, 2003. When we saw the following
article in the New York Times, we imagined the news might have been possibly
connected with that fall, 2003 experience in Salt Lake where a small
but central piece of agonizing Mormon history was processed. In any case,
the news made us hopeful that understanding around religious conflicts
can occur. Understanding in one place, may mean more understanding for
all.
 Download
the article
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March 20, 2004
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| Seattle Peace March |
From: Tamara Scarlett-Lyon
Subject: "peace march"?
...We went to the Seattle March and estimates of
participants range from 5000-15,000 (i am guessing 8-10,000). The crowd
seemed to me to
be more diverse this year but that's just my sense of it. (also seemed
to be more young people this time which I liked seeing). The most articulate
and thoughtful speakers were various vets who expressed a pretty deep
understanding of compassion and complexity of issues. My son (14) was
a "peacekeeper" for the 1st time (to fulfill community service
requirements for his school) and did some training prior to the event
and i was happy to see arny's info on Rank and Privilege included in
his training material.
My husband was also a "peacekeeper" and ended up in the middle
of a hotspot between a neo-Nazi group that was quietly protesting at
the edge of the event and "peaceful" protesters who began loudly
and hatefully verbally abusing the neo-Nazi's... pretty intense but gradually
the atmosphere cooled off with no physical violence other than "peace" people
throwing bagels at the neo-nazis...
As usual I found myself walking along with mixed feelings- wanting
to be counted as one who is dissatisfied w/ US policy and leadership
(and wishing more people were there with us), but also feeling very uneasy
with the signs and name-calling that were mean-spirited and blaming.
But touched by all the range of people who were there and curious about
each person's
story... also wondering what would happen if people with different views sat
together and looked at each other w/ openness and compassion and really listened...
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March 2004
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| Newspaper Article about
Worldwork in Newport Oregon |
The two hundred and fifty people and 29 different countries represented
at the worldwork conference in Newport created one of the deepest community
experiences we have as yet experienced with so many diverse peoples working
on a whole world of issues.
Link to the newspaper
article
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January 2004
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| Stage Production of "Working
with the Dreaming Body" |
Aspects of Working With the Dreaming Body are being contracted by director,
Kyzsztof Warlikowski and Robert Redford's Sundance
Theater Institute. (The Sundance Institute is Redford's non profit organization "for
filmmakers, writers, playwrights, actors, composers that will best realize
new talent in an atmosphere of support, collaboration, freedom of expression
and freedom to experiment... and ....is guided by the primary aim of
supporting artists whose work reflects an original, compelling vision".
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