Water as Thought
Workshop by Weaving Realities collective at Holland Festival - Future Ecologies

Felix Meritis Amsterdam

22 June 2024

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How can something so simple as water be a way to change our relationship with the world

around us?

Water is not just a resource to be taken. Water has been here since the beginning of life as the most important element and she holds the memories of all living beings. The approach where humans transform life into resources, as owners of the world, has brought us to a condition of Earthlessness and Worldlessness. However, it has not always been the way and it is certainly not our defining human nature. There are other worlds of meaning, where humans hold a radically different relation to Earth, where they become guardians of life, and with less than 5% of the global population, they have protected and conserved 80% of the Earth's biodiversity. We want to learn together from these other worlds of meaning which have been protecting life. This means changing our position from owning the land to owing our lives to a living Earth, viewing humans not as the center but as merely one thread in the infinite interweaving of life.

Weaving Realities invites you to a workshop where we activate our bodies and listen to the memories of water. How can water help us re-member who we are? How can water root us in thinking-feeling with a living Earth?

This workshop involves meditative exercise, and body movements followed by a conversation.