Our Wild Imaginations: An evening of storytelling, art-making, and enchantment

Join CERES and Cornerstone for an enchanting evening of storytelling and creativity with local legends and elders as we explore themes of Psyche, Ecology and Culture.

How can we come together to create and live into a new story for our times?

How can we re-inhabit joy and imagination as we delve into the important issues we face?

THIS EVENT IS:    Live Panel Discussion    x   Live Art-making by you!    x    Shared Imaginative Process

We’ll hear from 3 powerful Storytellers, sharing from their hearts and minds on how we might re-enchant our perceptions and imaginations to move towards a more beautiful future.

While they speak, you - the audience - will be invited to create art, using the conversation to inspire your artistic process...

(don't worry, you do not need to be an artist, we will guide the process!)

“I used to think that top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. I thought that thirty years of good science could address these problems. I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy, and to deal with these we need a cultural and spiritual transformation.”   Gus Speth, US advisor on climate change

OUR STORYTELLERS:

• Culture: Uncle Shane Charles, Cultural Integrity Lead at Initiatives of Change Australia, Co-Chair of Reconciliation Victoria
• Psyche: Dr. Susie Burke, Psychologist and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Queensland
• Ecology: Claire Dunn, Author and Founder of Nature's Apprentice

OUR HOSTS:

      Sieta Beckwith

      Al Jeffery

OUR CREATIVITY FACILITATOR:

      Vadim Ragozin

A LOOK AT THE EVENING:

• Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony by Uncle Shane Charles;
  
• 60-minute panel discussion, while;
• Creatively drawing or writing on provided materials;
• Time for sharing your piece (if you’d like) in a small group;
• A spontaneous exhibition for ourselves to view our own creations!
• All art pieces (with consent) will be displayed online for wider community to experience

ALL ARE WELCOME:
All ages, cultures, orientations.
This event and this series seek to create spaces for all, as we seek to build bridges, and weave trust. We hope to co-create open, connective, and generative dialogues; even in all of our differences.


🌏 HONOURING THE LANDS AND WATERS WE GATHER WITH:
We acknowledge that this event takes place on and with unceded Aboriginal land. We pay our utmost respect to the Wurrundjeri people from the Kulin nation and invite all who join us to remember history, pain, and privilege as we seek to include history, live, love, and lead in ways that allow a more inclusive and regenerative future to emerge.