And then on Wednesday, May 7th, we have a very special event hosted by Robin Wallace, who curated the current gallery exhibit “Trans/Formed”. She’ll share with us her experience collecting the burnt objects that are now on display, and we will use them to create short poems and 100-word stories as if the pieces were directly speaking to us. It is a variation of Jung’s Active Imagination technique and a form of archetypal writing. 

Until the morning of November 6th, 2024, the objects on display were tools for living and creating.  On that day, the preternatural forces of the Camarillo Mountain Fire brought them into another state of being, transformed by this catastrophic event. Whether functional or sentimental, machine or handmade, the history and functionality of these objects have been displaced by a patina that puts our own existence in perspective.  Like us, they are survivors, unified by the scars of the fire. 

I hope you will join us for this very unique and intimate experience!