If spending a September weekend in Vermont expanding your appreciation of, and facility for, creative & purposeful expression through language strikes you as time well spent… perhaps you’d enjoy this unique event. Rick will be there, speaking on Saturday Sept. 13th (see summary below), and also offering a post-conference AntiCareer workshop on Monday the 15th. The event is hosted by Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont.
More info at http://www.goddard.edu/powerofwords
Liberating Yourself and the World Through the Spoken, Written & Sung Word
Sept. 12 – 15, 2008
Explore how we can use our words – written, spoken or sung – to make community, wake ourselves up, and foster empowerment, healing and transformation. Sponsored by the low residency Transformative Language Arts Concentration at Goddard College, this conference features workshops, talking circles, performances, open readings, and celebrations.
The Goddess of Speech and the Resonant Word ~ Rick Jarow, PhD
In the Vedic Scriptures of Ancient India, “Speech” was envisioned as a Goddess (named Vāc) who stood at the apex of creation. One who received her favor had dominion over both the gods and their realms through acquaintance with her secrets and powers. This presentation explores the intricacies of sacred speech and its corollary science, the practice of mantra (mantra-vidya). And in so doing, it challenges contemporary linguistic notions of the arbitrariness of the linguistic sign (and conventions of representation) by explicating the different levels and powers of the Word.
