Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Closing Ceremony

[James Kalin (jfkalin]

Howdy:

The National Cohousing Conference was a splendid and uplifting experience.
Kudos to the organizers of it!

I enjoyed the Closing Ceremony, but I can understand why agnostics,
atheists or purists (or shy nondancers) might not have.  The ceremony was
rich with religious, spiritual, etcetera, symbolism...and therein lies a
problem.  No matter how you handle it, such symbolism pushes hot buttons
that i'd prefer weren't pushed at a cohousing conference.

By the way, i'm glad there were no tv news crews at the conference.  I can
easily imagine what conference event would have been prominently featured
in the tv evening news coverage of the conference:  us circle dancing to
rhythmic drum music.

Thanks again for a great conference!

Happy trails, until we meet again!

James Kalin