Tibetan temple bells

[Chris Corrigan]

And just one more thing to add:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chriscorrigan/2301311232/in/set-72157604014465589/

That link takes you to a photo of a Navajo Elder I was working with
recently, who fell in love with the bells, and who held them, and used
them,  in the closing circle of an Art of Hosting learning we were doing.
The way he is holding the bells shows something about the respect Michael H
is talking about.   This photo, to me, is the complete opposite of what I
think of as "appropriation."

Chris

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Raffi Aftandelian <raffi at bk.ru> wrote:

> Dear friends and colleagues,
>
> The recent discussion on choosing not to talk about bumblebees reminds me
> of
> my hesitation in using Tibetan temple bells to open the space and to
> invite
> everyone to the closing circle.
>
> I really like Tibetan temple bells and their place in OST meetings. They
> seem to mark an entrance into a different time and space, from chronos
> (sequential time) to kairos (spacious, potential-filled time). They seem
> to
> invite presence. And I particularly like the bells given to me because of
> their story.
>
> And, I worry that by using these bells, I am appropriating something that
> is
> not from my original culture.
>
> And very occasionally, the bells seem to evoke something mystical,
> bringing
> on great discomfort to some participants. I am not sure this dissonance is
> necessarily something harmful for participants, however.
>
> How do others see the questions, concerns I raise here?
>
> appreciatively,
> raffi
>
> raffi at bk.ru, raffi_1970 at yahoo.com
>
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