Dear Dreamers…

by Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife

Dear dreamers, artists, and fellow omer journeyers,

I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself and invite you to join me for Dreaming New Worlds Into Being, a three-part class hosted by The Shalom Center and Jewish Studio Project, starting this Monday night.

I'm Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife and I’m a facilitator of the Jewish Studio Project. I'll share more about how I came to this work with those who gather on Monday but, for now, I wanted to let you know a little bit about what's in store, should you join this special class.

In this season of preparing to receive revelation, over three sessions leading up to Shavuot, we will begin to peel back the layers to uncover what wants to be revealed to and through you.

To do this, we’ll be using the Jewish Studio Process, which brings together text study and creative practice in a way that's intended to help us deepen both our learning and our creative capacity, while allowing what happens "on the page" to help us make sense of what's happening "off the page".

In our first session this coming Monday, May 4, our focus will be “Receiving and Renewing Timeless Revelation.” We will explore what it means to experience time as spiralinear, returning anew to each season, asking how might we open ourselves to receive the wisdom that wants to be revealed with this next arrival? And how do we hold the tension of timeless revelation with what wants to come through for this specific moment?

On May 11, we will hone in on “Embodying our Ancestors’ Dreams.” If one source of wisdom comes through dreams - our own and the dreams of those who came before us - what do we do with the dreams we receive? How do we make those dreams manifest? And how do we hold the balance between the dreams that others have for us and those which originate with us?

Then finally, on May 18, just days before Shavuot, we will end with “New Futures Revealed on the Mountain.” As we approach the holiday of revelation, we’ll open to the revelation that wants to come to and through us, inviting the creative process to help us receive, sense-make, and root our intentions toward what we might do with this newfound wisdom, insight, and truth.

For each session, all you need to bring are some simple creative art-making materials (could be whatever you have at home, including just a paper and pen), along with your curiosity and playfulness. I'll be there to guide us through and am excited for what dreams and revelations will come through.

I do hope you’ll join us!

With Shabbat shalom blessings and excitement,

Keshira