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Show 2 - MARCH TIMES - MARCH 1993 =EASTE R—Coming April 11 :2; gm again in answer to their kind. Fledg- ATTENTION! ling birds awaken to life from their Castle Valley’s 2nd Annual Easter Party is being held »' . \~\ ‘ on Saturday, April 10th, at the Town Lot (two lots prison house of shell. Buds show on : limb tips as harbingers of fruit to come. west of the LDS church.) We are thinking it will be held at l p.m., but check the front gate for further information. We will start with an Easter egg hunt and continue with a pot-luck. BYO plates, cups, and It is the richness of vibrant colors—the ll; petticoat of lingering snow on mesa redrock, the shimmering light on the La Sals, the noiseless stirring daybreaks and dusty sunsets. \g It is the sense of ' plateau we feel on {- .f‘ \’" utensils—and chairs. We hope there will be volley ball and horseshoes, as there was last year. Everyone is welcome. No dogs, please. We would appreciate your help with this event. There will be an egg dying party on Friday, April 9th, from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. Joan Sangree has volunteered her realizing that neither <21, 3% our bodies nor our spirits ‘ ' have been vanquished by winter’s exhaustion. The mood of Easter—what is it? It is the quickening presence of sacred barn for the occasion. Bring hard-boiled eggs. We will supply the dye. Call 259-5542 for more info. —Mara Ginnane time and sacred space, like the deep European goddess of Spring, Eostre. Long before Christ was born, people celebrated the beginning of Spring. It with the celebrating of Christ? and intimate disclosure between lovers. It is the chance or deliberate encounter with the spirit of Mystery at the peak of joy, or the emptying of the soul in Easter is a quality, a mood, a symbol. It is never merely a fact. As a suffering, the gathered tear, the throbbing pulse. At such times, we live was the end of a long, hard time, winter. fact it is a date on the calendar. In 325 AD, the Council of Nicea settled the our way deeply into the present and discover ourselves invaded by the After Christ, Christians started a festival to celebrate when Christ rose to heaven. This happened in the spring. hash of quarreling factions within Etemal. An iridescence of sheer delight bathes our whole being with something Easter, An Invitation ,_ Easter is named after a northern Eventually they became the same holiday, Easter. The Easter egg hunt was started a And what is Easter, along ,4: ‘. L \ Christendom by decreeing that Easter, as the feast of the Resurrection, be celebrated on the fust Sunday following the first full moon after the spring more wonderful than words can ever tell. Of such is the mood of Easter. The symbol of Easter—what is it? equinox—a very movable date indeed. It is the cry of life in the newborn long time ago. In the spring the people To the believer it is the anniversary of when, forced from its mother’s nest, would go out and hunt for eggs to eat, for they had not had eggs since the year an event in human history. An individual may relate meaningfully to the before. It is easy to see how an egg is fact or the event, but that would not be Easter. it claims the right to live. It is the /, brooding presence / of Sacred Mystery ‘ 5 making crooked an Easter symbol because, as you know, when an egg hatches a baby The quality of Easter—what is it? It is the call of spring. Warming days . ~ animal comes out. Baby animals, birth, that’s what spring is all about. A new beginning. . A a / "’ paths straight, and thawing earth hold forth the promise that dead seeds shall live ‘7 ..'5' ~ ' smooth, tired hearts refreshed, dead hopes stir with newness —Olivia Kulander w “JV/£7 AA (Easter art by Olivia & Dashiel Kulander) rough places of life. It is the promise of tomorrow at BEAD ARTISTS wanted for ”MOAB BEAD ARTISTS” SHOW 0000... MAY 27TH THROUGH JULY 5TH the close of every day, the movement of life in defiance of death, and the assurance that love is sturdier than hate, that right is more confident than wrong, that good is more permanent than evil. Easter is an invitation to have a relationship to earth, other , people, movement, smell, All kinds of bead work—lEWELRY, CLOTHING, ORNAMENTS, POUCHES, ETC. Beads as prima medium or with other mediums. Entries may be sing e piece or small light, dark, color, the texture of stones, the sound of wind up and down the valley. I feel called anew to love the place where my body finds collections. Drop off at MARC ll GALLERY, May 23rd or 24th. Call 259-7265 for further information. itself. And the gift of Easter? To rediscover and touch sacred time and sacred space, and to surrender myself and my spirit to Life. —Donovan Roberts |
