In conversation: folk
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In conversation: folk
We laugh and make babies, fix each other’s roofs, and gather around the fire with music to hear our elders tell stories. We long for this village life, in which everybody has a role to fill and all of our needs are met.
Toko-pa Turner • Belonging: Remembering Ourselves home
I’ve noticed that the people who lament that we “have no rituals left” in our society are often the same people who are anti-marriage, or just go to the courthouse. Who don’t walk at their graduation ceremonies. Who don’t wear black lace to funerals. Who don’t own a suit. Who don’t send Christmas cards or take off shoes at the door or take into acc
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Casper ter Kuile • How we gather
When we’re in the rhythm of the collective, we can be freed of our isolationist perspective. For a brief period of time, the lie of our separateness is exposed, and we remember that we are wholly connected to one another. It’s not that our individuality disappears, but that we are no longer blinded by individualism.