please accept my invitation to be a part of this project
Following on the success of The Undoing: Forgiveness, a project funded by the American Jewish University’s Institute for Jewish Creativity WORD Grant. This second video/performance in the series on forgiveness focuses on asking for forgiveness as a way to free oneself from entanglement.
My first video performance The Undoing: Forgiveness can be viewed at: www.sharonkagan.com
Participants in Free from Entanglement will create a 3 minute audio recording sharing a story about when they asked for forgiveness and whether they were forgiven or not. These intriguing stories will be included in a video/performance of my hands unraveling knitted waxed hemp. Waxed hemp twine regenerates the soil, is known to eliminate toxic metals in the soil, and has the miraculous ability to irrigate itself so it needs little water. It is healing and self-generating.
The video will consist of my hands unraveling the hemp while reciting a Buddhist Metta loving-kindness meditation. As I unravel, I will silently meditate repeating the words “may you be happy, may you be well, may you be safe, may you be peaceful and at ease.”
Invitations to participate will be extended to a diverse community. I will curate six to nine audio recordings for the performance. All participants will be anonymous and all recordings submitted may be used in production and promoting of the video performance.
If you have a story about asking for forgiveness to share, being forgiven or being rejected please consider helping others on a path of healing. Please share your short 3-minute audio story and what impact it had on you. Please share this with anyone you think might be interested.
Instructions for making your recording:
Write out the memory or create bullet points about the memory
Select a quiet location where you will be free of interruptions and mind chatter
Practice reading or telling your story aloud
Keep each recording to a maximum of 3 minutes
Take a series of 3 deep breaths
Use your phone to record your story - if you make a video, I will use only the audio
Using your phone record your story and share what you would gain by releasing the experience. If you make a video and I will use only the audio section.
Record the memory several times, choosing the one you feel is best
Email your recordings to ForgivenessSubmit@gmail.com or use WeTransfer.com to send files if they are too large
Thank you for being a part of Free From Entanglement! Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Sharon Kagan