Come nourish your imagination with wild tales of shapeshifting, grief, joy, loss, and otherworld journeying from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. Our ancestors navigated tragedy, turbulence, and heartbreak and left these stories in their wake, stories that remind us of our own wisdom and resilience.
In depth storytelling, ancient myths and tales are interwoven with music, poetry, and questions for the listener so that we can reflect on and embody the story, quilting it to the present moment and finding echoes of ourselves within it.
This event will be a fundraiser for the Once and Future Forest, whose mission is to germinate seeds from the remaining mother trees of the Irish forest and plant them along the route of a bronze age pilgrimage trail that traverses the breadth of Ireland. Once and Future Forest imagines a simultaneous rejuvenation of land, story, culture, and the wild imagination in the restoration of the ancient Irish forest.
Come nourish and be nourished by deep story on this unforgettable solstice evening.
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Lissa Carter has been spinning stories since childhood (though her early work resulted in multiple time-outs and requests to "tell the truth").
Her current work weaves together old stories, poetry, and ecological wisdom, reflecting an understanding of the interdependence between people and the natural world. With roots in permaculture design and herbal medicine, Lissa believes that true healing often unfolds within the larger systems we inhabit before it can unfold within individuals.
By shaping our minds through participation in old stories and cultivating reciprocal relationship with the natural world, we can tend these larger systems and develop a collaborative imagination that alchemizes hopelessness into loving action. Lissa has studied Irish language, poetry, and music in the bardic and druidic traditions and has walked the breadth of Ireland on pilgrimage.
She is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and expressive arts therapist in private practice in Asheville.