Rituals
Rituals – one should add in ineffiiciency to provide moments for reflection
RELIGION and DEATH
Cemetries as useful spaces
Organic by-laws
Only native plants – bird and butterfly sanctuary
Remembering the Dead – rituals of rememberance
*Dougald has a new job
Cemetary architecture?
Bart – Bench as memorial – they sit on their father to remember
Rituals of rememberence outside of cemetaries?
Day of the Dead for outside of Mexico?
Meeting the moment to die – Animals leave society – go hide
EXISTING v New Rituals
Do we need more rituals?
Seasonal events – herbologies and foraging / midsummer
Can we revive traditions?
Mending as a ritual of thanks to old and loved objects
Charlie Davies – Green stickers as a way of recording good purchases within a community
Traditions of TRAVEL
Security lines Flight safety
rhythms of transition
Swimming pools and gardens – Changi – Architecture that can encourage contemplation
Rituals of arrival
waiting for the waters to arrive / catch up Spirit travels slower – let it catch up Aquarium in Vancouver – Jellyfish in arrival space
Sitting Down before you leave – Russian / Eastern European
Rituals of DAY and NIGHT
Starting things at odd hours 4am v 4pm – significance of times
Sleeping and Waking
Night time consciousness
Should we Cut Away Rituals? Prune them?
Cut away : regular meals
Rituals in the workplace
Stories
Expectations
Salad days – everyone contributes something that makes a salad
Dice rolling School of Everything
- Double 1 – everyone tidies
- Double 6 – excursion for the office!
Recording on a calendar when money will arrive (without a plan) – money arrives
Looking at the fire as universal ritualising
The ritual of HOW ARE YOU? And actually being careful in your response
Only talk about money and business on Mondays (both in home and office) get on with it the rest of the week
Undesignated talks – a meeting about anything turns into ritualised play
The ritual of making time
Anticipation as a ritual