interesting wikipedia article though somewhat opaque i trust i will be enlightened over time
i'd never heard of liminality so i followed the link over there as well very interesting this idea of being in between on the threshold in transition of detaching from one definition of self and being in limbo for a while in an undefined state where a new self can find the space to emerge
i looked up the latin word dies -- day (or alternatively a verb related to dying?)
i am curious about the title of your blog
community today? community of the day? community days?
or the death of community?
i can think of times when i experienced something like communitas finite periods of living together as group two summers spent on the juneau icefield geology summer field camp even this past week at the workshop in miami
i like that sense of being an accepted part of a moderate-size group taking meals together feeling like i would belong no matter which table i sat down to eat at even if i don't really know these people we are a part of a defined group at least for a period of time
it is very different from normal campus life where i might go to the dining hall and debate about whether or not i know that group of people well enough to sit down to eat with them or whether i would be intruding
i use the title to mean community day using 'day' in the noun form
so every day at communitas dies is community day
real definition of what it means to be in communitas is understood i guess only in the doing - to try to arrive at a generalized definition does something to add to recognition of what communities are about and it is useful
it was a rather spontaneous decision not much thought
but i've been thinking about writing about this for awhile and now i think i'm going to be spending some time trying to spell out what i mean here
your inspiration your questions your criticism is always welcome
in the monastery there are CLiQue tables and i tend to avoid those sometimes i sit there just to see if the conversation is somehow stultified by a stranger
even momentary community consciousness requires a risk now and then
i suspect that if geology field camp or the miami workshop lasted long enough clique tables would develop i think the experiences i liked and remember have to do with that early stage of being thrown together and nobody knows anyone else and so there is a certain openness and equality before the cliques form
did benedict address cliques? surely it is a natural human tendency that was present in his day as well
interesting wikipedia article
ReplyDeletethough somewhat opaque
i trust i will be enlightened over time
i'd never heard of liminality
so i followed the link over there as well
very interesting this idea of being in between
on the threshold
in transition
of detaching from one definition of self
and being in limbo for a while
in an undefined state
where a new self can find the space to emerge
i looked up the latin word dies -- day
(or alternatively a verb related to dying?)
i am curious about the title of your blog
community today? community of the day? community days?
or the death of community?
i can think of times when i experienced
something like communitas
finite periods of living together as group
two summers spent on the juneau icefield
geology summer field camp
even this past week at the workshop in miami
i like that sense of being an accepted part
of a moderate-size group
taking meals together
feeling like i would belong
no matter which table i sat down to eat at
even if i don't really know these people
we are a part of a defined group
at least for a period of time
it is very different from normal campus life
where i might go to the dining hall
and debate about whether or not i
know that group of people well enough
to sit down to eat with them
or whether i would be intruding
thanks for responding sally
ReplyDeletei use the title to mean
community day
using 'day' in the noun form
so every day at communitas dies is community day
real definition of what it means to be in communitas is understood i guess only in the doing - to try to arrive at a generalized definition does something to add to recognition of what communities are about and it is useful
it was a rather spontaneous decision
not much thought
but i've been thinking about writing about this for awhile and now i think i'm going to be spending some time trying to spell out what i mean here
your inspiration your questions your criticism is always welcome
in the monastery there are CLiQue tables
and i tend to avoid those
sometimes i sit there just to see if
the conversation is somehow stultified by a stranger
even momentary community consciousness requires a risk now and then
i suspect that if geology field camp
ReplyDeleteor the miami workshop lasted long enough
clique tables would develop
i think the experiences i liked and remember
have to do with that early stage
of being thrown together
and nobody knows anyone else
and so there is a certain
openness and equality
before the cliques form
did benedict address cliques?
surely it is a natural human tendency
that was present in his day as well