Some really good thinking and chatting and open questions going on over Katirna Recovery efforts and Tribe...Just wanted to highlight these comments:
From A.lo:
"beloved,
4am in the windy city. my internal clock is off-kilter and thus i find myself awake at a time i usually am too asleep to relish the slumber. i find myself missing you and desiring home and seeking comfort in music, particularly something which might lull me back to sleep. unfortuneately my brain is awakened and pondering. i can't help but think of the many who are in this same type situation, but without the comforts i am afforded of a bedl and my own jammies and a way to reach out and communicate with loved ones (without much effort). i recall a time when my world was reeling. when i was unable to sing. and i remember that i was best able to experience my pain through praise. others would sing scripture and even though it felt foreign the words began the healing process of my heart. i could do nothing but cry.i am thinking of some of those songs of healing. i'm listening to our own music and thinking of new songs we can create together which might offer such healing.
i wonder, might you be willing to offer a scripture that you have found deeply comforting for us to ponder on and maybe craft into song?mine comes from Habakkuk, ch3 which basically says:
even though i have nothing, even though i have no water or food or home, nor end to this plight, yet i will rejoice in the Lord, i will be joyful in God my Savior. the Soverigh Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.how about we load up our drums on one of our Sunday nights and go worship at the dream ctr. offering sanctuary to any desiring to join the drum circle?"
And if you missed it here was Eric's idea that he also talked about at Tribe last Sunday:
"In my head is an RV to live in (maybe a convoy of them), folk from all the different corners of our lives (by the by, burning man collected several thousand dollars during the week for relief), and enough supplies to do our tasks of cooking (primarily), providing entertainment and spaces of rest, and whatever else. it would require a lot of work and research beforehand, money to cover our current expenses, and time from our jobs.
maybe it's just a cockamaymie idea, i don't know, but what do y'all think? i'm serious"
And from Jimmy5 answered:
"I think that's a great idea, Eric... I'd be more than willing to help out in whatever way I can (logistically, etc) and maybe even go with you.
When we first talked about it, I thought you meant going in a week or two, and that was the busiest time of the year for me work-wise. But if it was later - say, late October-early November - I'd definitely be interested in joining that brigade. I'd just have to figure out a way to make it work money-wise (which is always the issue)...
Does anyone know of anyplace (or anyone) who would be interested in funding this (perhaps in exchange for free advertising and possibly press)?"