Went over to Chorlton for the Arts festival last week and delivered a couple of workshops/events…the second one was a bit experimental to say the least, people were invited to come and meditate on Chorlton green.
Initially i intended asking an ordained Buddhist monk to guide the meditations but as the date drew nearer I started to think more about my practice and the punk ethic thats runs through it, i know i had the ability to lead a session…but the confidence?
I put on my artist hat/punk wig and forgot about whether I had the right credentials, the right seating or the right presentation, and delivered sessions in a way that i’d always wanted them when i began meditation.
I called it ‘Punk meditation’ as the words are a great visual conflict which itself is an interesting starting point.
I wrote on the wall ‘The harmony in the teeth gritting noise of society’… this was a reversal of Hebdiges original phrase from his 1982 book ‘Subculture; the meaning of style’ which stated that punk was the noise in the teeth gritting harmony of society.
Folowing this i contacted the Rebellion (punk) festival in Blackpool who were rather keen on having a SOPHIE punk meditation each morning of the festival…i love it when a plan comes together!
