2024-03-24 | Dharma Talk | Creating a Pantoum - Ordinary things are all Extra-Ordinary | Joel Barna

Ordinary things are all Extra-Ordinary | Joel Barna 00:02:31 - A Reading from 'After Buddhism' by Stephen Batchelor 00:07:36 - Joel gives instructions on how to write a Pantoum Poem (Please see below) 00;11:56 - Joel’s Pantoum 00:13:18 - Joel explains how to format the 8 lines into a Pantoum 00:15:09 - Participants Write for 10 Minutes 00:15:19 - Instruction for Connecting Rooms/Groups 00:15:49 - Participants go into Breakout Rooms/Groups for 10 Minutes 00:15:58 - Some of the Participants share their Pantoums 00:22:31 - Joel begins to bring the meeting to a close Pantoum Instructions below: 1. A line about something that’s become ordinary for you; 2. Where does this ordinary thing happen? 3. A line about time: When did you notice this ordinary thing had become ordinary? 4. Other surrounding events: what happens before it? what happens after it? 5. What is a single feeling you have about this ordinary thing? 6. What do you most wish to say about this ordinary thing? (You may wish to imagine yourself speaking to a person you think will listen: it could be yourself.) 7. A line showing us an object that’s associated with this ordinary; 8. Something about your body and this ordinary. Then arrange the lines in this order: 1st verse 1 2 3 4 2nd verse 2 5 4 6 3rd Verse 5 7 6 8 4th Verse 7 3 8 1