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St Johnstide 2010Dear Members and Friends of The Christian Community in Christchurch, as the enclosed letter states, Hartmut is enjoying a longer break until 1st October in order In these two visits I would like to explore new ground, which Hartmut in his recent talk ploughed through here in Auckland. He experienced 10 days of the work of Joseph Beuys and his followers, As I was fortunate to meet Joseph Beuys in my days in Bochum, Germany, I was intrigued too by his approach to social questions and successful attempts to bring about change in society through SOCIAL SCULPTURE, as he called it. I heard about the impact the social sculpture in your Cathedral Why do I think his impulse is connected with us in the Christian Community? At St. John's tide, which we are still celebrating till the end of this month, we focus also on the conscience of the whole world, which St. John embodied.“Change your hearts and minds”, was his call, and is still today and will always be. And this power of conscience would like to grow and change according to the issues in our society. An artistic expression could be used instead of an angry, frustrated one, to challenge How can we express in an artistic way, what needs to be renewed, changed, or thought about anew? On Friday evening as well as the time after the Sunday service we will do two steps in the process of forming a social sculpture. And we hope to continue this process during the next visit in August. So please, you might know someone, who is concerned but feels disempowered to contribute, invite them along to this new happening, as I would call it rather than a talk. This is religion in practice, never mind about the doubter in our head or heart. Let us all overcome the winter blues by awakening our social conscience and doing something artistic about it. Thereby following in the footsteps of St. John. It will be a group process, so let’s see what we all can achieve together. Looking forward to meet you all again, (and don't forget to invite someone to come along as well), |
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