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Beauty in the Backyard is more than just a festival. It is a community of people who value creativity, diversity, and harmony. It is a place where you can be yourself, express yourself, and enjoy yourself. It is a celebration of life in all its beauty. If you are interested in joining this amazing event, visit their website for more information and tickets. Don't miss this chance to have an unforgettable summer experience at Beauty in the Backyard!
Beauty in the Backyard & Mettā Creative are teaming up with Roots to Sky & Dr. Bronner’s to give away three full experience passes to Beauty in the Backyard, The Chrysalis!
If you’re an artist, it might be hard for you to believe that creativity doesn’t come easy to everyone. But although your talents flow like paint on a blank canvas, many artistic types struggle with the business side of entrepreneurship. Never fear: There are many things you can do to smooth out the painfully logical aspects of running a business — and shake off the ‘starving artist’ label for good. Mettā Creative shares the goods.
We see you, we hear you.
We are echoing the call for our community to do the soul-searching work of reciprocity & integration.
Here are 18 Resources for Racial Reciprocity all hyperlinked below
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race: The Sunday Times Bestseller
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Emergent Strategy)
Carl Jung and the Shadow: The Ultimate Guide to the Human Dark Side
Skin, Tooth, and Bone: The Basis of Movement is Our People: A Disability Justice Primer
The Way of Tenderness: Awakening through Race, Sexuality, and Gender
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Happy reading all,
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A Beacon of Hope On May 2nd, The REED Center & Mettā Creative safely and cleanly hosted organizers of Catharsis on the Mall to build, live stream, and burn a ceremonial beacon, standing in solidarity with Vigil Beacons throughout the Washington DC region as a part of Catharsis on The Net's 'Online Vigil'.
Adorned with flowers, The full-size grandfather clock, procured and reimagined by Catharsis on the Mall Trunk Member and Metta Creative's Minister of Magic, Sha Golanski, represented so beautifully the current state of the world. Distanced from the usual pace of life, we watched, the burning of time, sharing the moment with thousands of peers around the world, through cyberspace. Many participants chose to fill out a form online, communicating things they wanted to let go of, or things that inspire joy and hope.
These verbal energetic offerings were all printed out and burned in the Ceremonial Beacon as a method of offering Cathartic release for our extended community. Inevitably, we all burn time, consciously or unconsciously. Some of us have been graced with more time on our hands, and some of us have felt drowned by the minutes that have run out...
No matter our situation, the Beacon of Hope presented us with an opportunity to look inwardly and offer meaning as we experience the whirlwind of emotions of elemental energy.
For more information about the vigil and the organization, visit Catharsis on the Mall And stay in touch with Metta Creative as they continue to connect and inspire communities around the world through transformational experiences. @mettamakers
There's so much goodness being prepared to be shared with the community at The REED Center @thereedcenter , with a Permaculture Design Course on the horizon.
To connect with the designer of the Beacon of Hope, Sha Golanski, reach out on Instagram @plantbasedpirate and @rainbow_crow_creative
Creative Labs, in collaboration with Metta Creative, will be offering a refreshing and comfortable space for makers and shakers to come together weekly! On Sunday evenings from 5:30-9 PM, the incredible artistic community of Baltimore and beyond can come together in Creative Labs’s collaborate art warehouse and indulge in a bountiful potluck and rejuvenating sound bath experience. Fill up with an abundant spread of plant-based food options and unwind as powerful, healing tones resonate through your body and mind.
At the forefront of the event, Justin Patterson offers his culinary expertise in the realm of plant-based foods. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own dishes as well, to share with and nourish the community. All attendees who arrive with food in hand receive $5 off entry! Whether you’re taking the opportunity to learn to make that vegan dish you’ve been dreaming of, or simply clearing out perishables to avoid food waste, every effort is appreciated in this space! Justin will be providing one specially-curated dish and a salad weekly, so don’t let empty arms and an empty belly deter you!
This event’s starring feature is a deeply immersive sound bath experience led by Mary Gellen (@soundwizardmary), a self-proclaimed and widely-respected Sound Wizard. Participants enter the space through a converted-van-turned-art-project, inspiring an artistic environment similar to that of the famous Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The healing experience is held in a geodesic dome piled high with pillows while psychedelic fractals and imagery are projected overhead, pulsating as bodies fill the intimate space.
Channeling divine feminine energy and focused expertise, Mary utilizes a massive gong to carry the group through guided meditation, creating powerful sound waves to wash over and refresh your being. On occasion, Mary will be accompanied by guest facilitators who provide healing vocals, tibetan singing bowls, and other energetically-charging tools. Last week, Sha Golanski (@plantbasedpirate) led a ceremony with freshly-brewed cacao manifested directly from Guatemala. To round out the experience, the community goes around the room introducing themselves, opening up to one another about the experience. They’re even able to participate in some sound production of their own, from collective oms to shaking tambourines and maracas!
MightyNetworks Metta members receive $5 off!
For information on Metta Creative…
@mettamakers
https://mettacreative.world
For information on Creative Labs…
@creativelabsbmore
For more information on sound baths and sound healing…
https://www.soundbathhealing.com/sound-bath-sessions/what-is-a-sound-bath/
https://sound-bath.com/about-soundbaths/
https://www.thesoundhealing.com/what-is-sound-healing.html
For more information on plant-based eating & health benefits…
https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/plant-based-diet-for-heart-health
Article by Rachel Grimsley (@hoopfairy)
Been on the lookout for community slackline events in Washington DC and Maryland? Give yourself some slack, there haven’t been many available.
Starting in February 2020, there will be some new events available to keep you on your toes in 2020! The Bethesda Slackline Social Club (@bethesdaslackline) and Spaceworks (@spaceworks_ee) are teaming up to offer a community skill-sharing meetup every Sunday afternoon!
Numerous slacklines streak their way across the park, at different tension levels and heights, creating an ideal space for pros and practicers alike. Incorporating music, flow arts, hammocking and more, these events are prepared to offer much more than just slacklining. Bassline Flow is an incredible place to come together with your local community and share in adventurous hobbies! Bethesda Slackline Social Club, led by Carson Schneider, is leading the way in community-oriented slacklining events out of the DC metro area. Spaceworks (@spaceworks_ee), headed by community leader and highlining enthusiast Ethan Arkin, is a slackline-oriented business that is gearing up to deck out all kinds of events with slacklines, highlines and spacenets.
The Balance in the Backyard team
For those who aren’t familiar, a slackline is essentially a wide tightrope. They can be pulled taught for rigidity and precision or hung somewhat loosely for a bouncier, more surf-like experience. Highlining is exactly as it sounds: a slackline but higher off the ground. That being said, there is a significant safety and security process that goes along with arranging lines like this, and that’s where organized and knowledgeable communities such as this come in handy! “Spacenets” follow classic climbing techniques that incorporate creative, intricate designs. By webbing together numerous nets, lines and other structures, you can climb with ease through the trees! People have gone so far as to set up spacenets inside and between buildings, over and around dance floors at music events, and so much more. In 2019, spacenets were featured at the Makers camp at DC’s Catharsis on the Mall event and at Beauty In The Backyard, a local festival event based out of Maryland (see links below).
Marshall at Beauty in the Backyard 2019
Events like this, in tandem with music and arts festivals, community projects and more will be taking the world by stride. One stride across the slackline at a time, that is. From adventurers and thrill seekers to those who just like to “hang out” - these events have a little something for everyone.
For more information on Bethesda Slackline and other DC slackline opportunities…
@bethesdaslackline
https://www.reddit.com/r/Slackline/comments/co3mmz/calling_all_slackliners_in_dc_area/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dmvslackline/For more information on spaceworks…
@spaceworks_ee
https://open.spotify.com/episode/53MplIyei13Bkvdq5vKYvt
For more information on slacklining, high-lining, and space nets…
https://open.spotify.com/episode/53MplIyei13Bkvdq5vKYvt
https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/highlining.htm
More more information on events that incorporate space nets…
https://www.facebook.com/beautyinthebackyard/ https://www.catharsisonthemall.com
https://www.facebook.com/catharsisonthemall/
To purchase your own slackline…
https://www.balancecommunity.com
Article by Rachel Grimsley (@Hoopfairy)
What makes Mettā Creative events so different than your normal concert or party is the genuine focus on community. This coincides perfectly with this year’s theme, of Catharsis on the Mall, Our Mothership. Our Mothership, being our planet, Earth.
“It all seemed quite exquisite, especially in that this temple was all inclusive, and its beauty was only magnified by the fact that everyone could write on the walls---their fears, hopes, dreams. Things to let go and renew. “
