Safety.Sanctuary. Bursting with Mimosa
from Nano Nagle website
Mimosa trees bursted in yellow-
spoken word was a mist of mellow.
By the fountain water was flowing
also the sound of a gong was glowing.
A spot of tranquility met panoramic city
and spoken words echoed into mutuality.
Answers to questions were displayed
and your invaluable input was conveyed.
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Maria Minguella - Gong Baths
Maria Minguella is a lady of many talents. She found me through the Safety.Sanctuary. event in St.Peter’s. We worked together on the next event for Cork becoming the City of Sanctuary. That is not the only thing she is involved in though. She is a composer and a sound therapist. She has many wonderful instruments, gongs among others. She joined me for Safety.Sanctuary. in Elizabeth Fort, in which she played gongs throughout weekends. This time she joined me in Nano Nagle Place where she was playing next to an amazing fountain, which looks like a waterfall.
Gongs - sounds - vibrations - water - flow.
Phil Alexander Edgar
This man is a poet and a writer. I met him in Ó Bhéal where he regularly takes part in an open mic. Sound is one of the aspects I love to explore in different places, and very often I focus on acoustics. When I encountered Phil’s poem ‘Bat’s Equality’ it made me think of echolocation and of a very nice game ‘Bat and Moth’, which normally is explored with children but then, we are big children so we should sometimes play those games too. Phil was invited to do one to one performance during the event and explore echolocation with people in a beautiful spot overlooking the panoramic view of the city.
More Clay Less Plastic
The flowers on a photograph are in fact bird feeders. These are made by Marta Cashman. I met her during a two day workshop organised by Creativity & Change titled CONNECT////IMAGINE////CREATE with Susanne Bosch. It actually took some time before we joined forces and the first time I actually encountered her flowers was during Cork Environmental Award Ceremony. One time we were coming back from an event in Galway and we stopped at the petrol station. She felt like having a coffee and she took out a ceramic cup she made out of her bag! That’s how passionate she is. This time, her flowery bird feeders served as a light path: we lit candles for the Comfrey Planting Celebration Procession .
PLANTING CELEBRATION PROCESSION PERFORMANCE
Comfrey
Comfrey illustration from Kohler’s Medicinal Plants, 1887. (Public Domain)
Comfrey illustration from 1807. (Public Domain)
‘Comfrey has been cultivated for healing since 400 BCE.
The name Symphytum comes from the Greek meaning "Grow together" + "plant". And comfrey comes from the Latin meaning to grow together.’
Wild comfrey contains allantoin, which is found in the milk of nursing mothers. It encourages cell-reproduction and thus stimulates the healing of wounds. It also has a high mucilage content, which smooths the skin. This makes comfrey a valuable addition to salves and lotions and a soothing addition to baths.
Comfrey should not, however, be used for very deep or puncture wounds, because it can actually make the surface heal faster than the lower part of the wound, causing abscesses. Make sure a wound has been thoroughly cleaned before applying comfrey, so as not to seal dirt inside the wound.(1).
https://witchipedia.com/book-of-shadows/herblore/comfrey/