How to Build a Fire: Renewal

May 31, 2019
8:00pm

STORYTELLERS:
Jackie Reason
Sherese Francis

Inspired by artist Monica Jahan Bose whose works revolve around our bond with nature, our footprint both carbon and journeys of immigrants and refugees; and the interconnected essence of communities. Bose – “Water is an enduring theme, speaking to life, climate, sustenance, death, and renewal.”

Spring is a time to return to abundance, the warmth of the weather and our souls; the awakening of things that drive us to be out doors , commune with each other and nature. It is the beautiful propagation of life.

What is your spiritual bond with nature? Has it influenced/changed your carbon footprint? what are some habits/practices/thoughts/projects/rituals, i.e. walking a dog , singing in the rain, you will renew this spring? How will it revive you? How will it uplift and move forward into a season, promote joy, togetherness, fucking and bees? What have you learned from storms? Has the openness and wildness of Mother Nature defines/redefined your gender? Does the little boy/girl within you dream beyond the clouds?

Created five years ago, How to Build a Fire is a community storytelling series where a diverse group of individuals share real-life, personal narratives centered around a different theme each month. At times funny, at times sad, their stories weave together a broad illustration of the human experience. How to Build a Fire takes place at Open Source Gallery -a welcoming, nurturing, intimate, safe environment- where, monthly, one can see a new exhibition installed by an array of up-and-coming and established visual artists. Every year, poet and event founder Terence Degnan partners with Open Source Gallery to select two new co-hosts/curators of HTBAF. This year’s curators are poets Shafina Ahmed and Phillip J. Ammonds.