Meditation for the Planet: Meditation for the Planet

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Meditation for the Planet

Converse: Meditation for the Planet

Part of a year long artist-in-residency called Conduit in the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Public Park, Converse: Meditation for the Planet is the last of three stages of installations, walking tours, performances and workshops.

Meditation for the Planet is a 3 part interdisciplinary community engaged project that includes The Meditation on Water, The Meditation on Land and Gifting.

The Meditation on Land

This installation invites Chinese, Japanese and West Coast Aboriginal or Coast Salish people whose strong connection with nature lends itself to expressing affirmations for the earth.
Each cultural group is invited to create an affirmation, poetic or philosophical statement inspired by nature, written in their own language. Each group will have 3 of their contributions wood burned onto cedar planks. These will be mounted in various locations within the park - 3 planks - one from each cultural group, at any given time during the residency. Each contributor is asked to provide translation/interpretation in English.

All participants are also invited to contribute affirmations for Gifting to visitors to the park during the Converse public events.

Free Workshops!
All materials are supplied by the facilitator, Haruko Okano
All are welcome! Seating is limited to 12 -15 people at a time.

First Free Workshop:
Location: Historic Joy Kogawa House, 1450 W. 64th. Ave, Vancouver BC
Date: Saturday, March 21, 2015 from

Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Please register through Eventbrite at
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-meditation-on-land-tickets-15964594532

Second Free Workshop:

Date:Tuesday, April 21, 2015 (Earth Day)

Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Location: Britannia Library, 1661 Napier St., Vancouver BC

Gifting: Deadline for contributions: April 15, 2015

Meditation for the Planet also invites all people worldwide, to contribute affirmations for the earth. This can be written in any language so long as the English translation accompanies it. Please limit the affirmation to fit on a sheet of paper 4” x 2.5”

Send these by e-mail or snail mail and they will be printed on rice paper and inserted into envelopes made of organic fresh leaves (Please print clearly)

E-mail address: healing4earthfru@gmail.com

Snail mail:

Attn:Land Meditation
305 - 1230 E. 8th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 1V2

To follow the whole Conduit project please go to http://artislandnetwork.com/

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Get Involved!

Upcoming Events:

Gifting in Motion:

Join Haruko Okano on the northbound #22 Macdonald Bus travelling down to the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Public Park. She will be giving out affirmations, wild food recipes and inviting passengers to attend the Converse public events in the park, dressed in her living herb/food dress.

Haruko will be boarding the 22 Northbound bus at the corner of Clark Dr. and East Broadway in Vancouver BC.

Boarding will take place at the following dates and times, for those wanting to join her please arrive a few minutes early!

Sat. April 11 (12:33pm)

Sat. May 2 (12:32pm)

Sat. May 9 (10:30am)

Sat. May 17 (12:33pm)

Sun. June 14 (12:30pm)

Sun. June 21 (12:33pm)

Past Workshops: Giving Affirmations for the Planet

Workshop 2:

Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 (International Water Day)

Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Location: Britannia Library, 1661 Napier St., Vancouver BC

All materials are supplied by the facilitator, Haruko Okano.

All are welcome! Seating is limited to 12 -15 people at a time.

Workshop 1:

Location: Historic Joy Kogawa House, 1450 W. 64th. Ave, Vancouver BC

Date: Saturday, March 21, 2015 from

Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Haruko Okano

Haruko Okano is a Japanese Canadian, interdisciplinary artist whose specialty is creating community engaged works about the environment.

The focus of her practice is based in a commitment to providing social good, meaningful experiences for the community using art and to create opportunities that are accessible. Community includes the local to the global audiences and participants. Her installations use natural and/or recycled materials that are bio degradable, often incorporating time based or viewer activated elements. Her last major public project was called Oceanflotilla 2011, where over 500 people worldwide participated. Then came Simbiosis Symbiosis 2012 an artists residency in Mexico. Her residency involved art students from the Universidad de Hidalgo and local bistros in Real del Monte and Pachuca. Meditation for the Planet 2015, is offered from her experience and understanding that healing the earth begins first with the vision, the thought - then verbalizing it in a positive way to inspire change, to make the commitment - then manifesting it through action.