Update 1/27: This event has been cancelled.
Contact: Steve O'Bryan | steveobryan@msn.com | 720-917-9340
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JOSEPH CAMPBELL: CRI DE COEUR (THE HEART’S CRY FOR MEANING)
An Open Eye Boulder event – Photographer/Presenter Steve O'Bryan, in collaboration with other writers, poets and storytellers, brings a full day workshop on the concepts of Joseph Campbell's myth and meaning for our lives
Boulder, CO - Welcome to an Open Eye Boulder workshop to explore the idea of myth and why it is important to our lives. What is myth? Why bother? Why consider the mythic quality of everyday life? These questions and more will be presented and discussed on Saturday, January 30th from 9 am to 5 pm at eTown Hall (1535 Spruce St, Boulder, Colorado).
The Workshop will cover many of Campbell’s ideas regarding myth: including his overview of myth and religion, the hero’s journey and the personal inward quest for meaning, the feminine divine, eternity, and, of course, bliss.
Campbell’s main idea: It’s your life, not someone else’s. How do we navigate such a possibility?
Campbell believed that all human civilization centers on the yearning to experience a life of meaning---within our social group, but also as an individual. Workshop presenters will focus on the many different ways Campbell thought about this basic issue.
How in the world can O'Bryan create a relevent understanding of Campbell's concepts? By using the arts! Basic information will be interspersed with easily recognized video clips and songs to connect the dots. You will witness culture itself as a pathway to meaning.
“This workshop will include sight and sound experiences - short talks, discussions, music, spoken word, movement performances, video clips, art and photography,” said workshop facilitator Steve O’Bryan. “We will be having a group of writers, poets, and storytellers bring the concepts of Joseph Campbell to life.”
O'Bryan explains, “For example, we have a Buddhist teaching juxaposed with a Steve Martin song and a clip of Dances with Wolves as well as of the American Ballet Theater to demonstrate Campbell's ideas. We will also be using dance movement to express how Campbell was influenced by dance choreography and his wife, dancer Jean Erdman.
If you have ever wondered about Joseph Campbell's ideas or have been considering what brings meaning to one's life, O'Bryan sends a special invitation to you. The cost for the full day workshop is $90 in advance and $100 at the door. Tickets are limited. Light food and beverage services are included. For tickets and more information visit eTown's website at http://www.etown.org/events/joseph-campbell-cri-de-coeur-the-hearts-cry-for-meaning/.
Details at a glance - Joseph Campbell: Cri de Coeur (The Heart's Cry for Meaning)
What: Full Day Workshop - Multi-media and arts workshop to gain understanding of myth and how to apply the ideas and philosophies of Joseph Campbell to your life
When: Saturday, January 30, 9:00 am – 5 pm
Where: eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St, Boulder, Colorado 80302
Tickets: $90 in advance; $100 at the door; tickets are limited; light food and beverage services included
For tickets and more information: http://www.etown.org/events/joseph-campbell-cri-de-coeur-the-hearts-cry-for-meaning/
Online Media Kit Available: http://buildmyaudience.com/onlinemediakit/
About Steve O'Bryan Facilitator/Presenter/Photography – Boulder, CO
For the last twenty-five years has taught Ancient Greek/Roman History/Art at Metropolitan State University of Denver; most recently at the University of Denver. O'Bryan has a UCLA Graduate Degree in Ancient Greek and Roman History/Art and a UCLA Undergraduate Degree in History Art---Ancient and Renaissance. He is the Photographer/Owner, of Wild Basin Photography in Boulder, CO and recently has started Open Eye Boulder to offer programs about the life/ideas/application of Joseph Campbell, especially his interest in the arts as a vehicle for one’s personal inward journey. For more information about Steve O'Bryan, please visit wildbasinphotography.com/.
About the additional presenters:
Mary E. Martin - Toronto, Canada
Mary E. Martin is a writer, storyteller, essayist, and blogger (125+-posts on art, writing, Campbell and Jung). She is a frequent contributor to the Joseph Campbell Roundtable and has recently published The Trilogy of Remembrance. Joseph Campbell has had significant influence on her interest in the arts, creativity, and their role in understanding the “meanings” of one’s life.
Kevin Patrick McCarthy, - Rollinsville, CO
Internationally/Nationally published poet, writer, essayist, Kevin Patrick McCarthy was most recently honored as a finalist in The Poetry Society of Britain’s international competition for the poem, Enough Sky. He has studied and published articles/essays on various topics related to the ideas and interests of Joseph Campbell. McCarthy, in addition to being a part of the spoken word performances, will be presenting a separate presentation on Campbell.
A Number of Spoken Word Performers/Storytellers will dramatize several well-known mythic traditions.
TBA: Dance as a physical/psychological way expressing the inward path.
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