dear animate being,
welcome.
DAR (in Portuguese, "to give") invites artists and makers, devotees, dreamers, witches, weavers, shapeshifters, seers, poets, muses, dancers & creatures
to come together in collaborative co-creation of art and ritual as forms of re-membering and reverence to the realms of magic and mystery.
DAR is back for its third edition!
We will gather for 7 nights, from the 11th to the 18th of September.
Our focus for these days will be the WEAVING OF THE WORD: poetry as praise & prayer, invocation, incantation, storytelling, songwriting, shaping through language, spells of reverence & enchantment***, and, as ever, all creative/mystic mediums and practices are equally welcome and cross-pollination is encouraged!
The residency will be held at my farm in Alcácer do Sal. We have comfortable rooms, a beautiful large living space and kitchen at our disposal, ample surrounding land and a big outdoor roofed platform on which to expand our sacred play. There is also a pool!
This is a not-for-profit gathering with shared costs and shared care for communal spaces, meals and each other.
Towards the end of our immersion we will hold a ritual in communion with the mycelium to share and integrate the findings of our exploration.
*** all languages welcome, verbal and otherwise
An invitation -
to exalt and extol
the power of parlance,
to utter musings
and muster enchantment,
to claim composition
to cast and conjure,
by grace of wind compel
the will of word
to wish and worship,
to laud and lament,
to name and tend,
to bless and honour,
in exploration
of the oracular vernacular,
the fluency of faith,
to intimate and emanate,
to venerate and consecrate,
to divinate,
substantiate,
to celebrate and propagate
the voices of devotion -
Photo credit: Ganesha Isis, DAR 1st ed.
A rough outline of the proposed concept & schedule (since the invitation is to a collaborative and thus mutable experiment):
Day 1 - arrival in the afternoon, landing and introduction circle.
Day 2 - collective weaving-dreaming, harvesting ideas, forming creative partnerships, gathering resources, proposing practices, etc.
Days 3, 4 & 5 - working on our projects/proposed practices
Evenings will be co-created according to the desires of the group each day.
Music, storytelling, poetry, somatic practices, dance and group meditation were some of the moments we shared at our previous gatherings.
Day 6 - finishing touches on our projects and preparing for our final ritual 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊.
Day 7 - offering, integration & rest.
Day 8 - closing & departure.
Budget breakdown:
Food - 120e (primarily plant-based, local, seasonal & organic)
Materials - 10e (candles, supplies, toilet paper, etc.)
Cleaning/Laundry - 10e (bedsheets, cleaning & cleaning products, etc.)
Electricity/Gas/Water/Firewood - 25e
Administration fee - 35e (organising/logistics, preparing the house, shopping, etc.)
Ritual - donation to cover the costs of the medicine (suggested 30-60e
Total: 200e + donation
*** If you would like to join and are currently unable to meet this budget, do contact me for other forms of exchange. ***
For registration and any questions/concerns/suggestions, write to me on +351 918239568 (whatsapp/telegram).
Places will be secured on a first-come-first-serve basis. (Max. 12 participants. Vans welcome.)
To confirm your participation, you will be asked to transfer a deposit of 50e.
Thank you for taking the time to read attentively. I look forward to hearing from you —
With love and devotion,
Marta, a Lince
