Fee: $30/$25 members
Registration: This session is full. To be added to the waitlist, email emmanuel@lyndensculpturegarden.org
Begin your New Year with artist-in-residence Jenna Knapp and sound facilitator Sevan Arabajian-Ries as they continue their ongoing collaborative events indoors for the winter. This event will take place in the gallery, where participants will be surrounded by Asmaa Walton's Black Art Library.
Inspired by the cyclical nature of the labyrinth, Jenna will begin the evening with a short guided meditation to help us connect with our future selves before Sevan leads the sound bath. After the sound bath, guests are invited to write a letter to their future selves, envisioning what they want to create between January 2025 and January 2026. By collapsing time and inviting the future into the present moment, we can zoom out and witness our desires from a different angle.
Sound baths are an ancient form of healing and deep meditation; they include various ambient sounds and frequencies playing in a space where you can hear and experience their vibrations moving through you. Everyone’s experience will be different; unique as you are, and according to what is needed most at the time. Your sound facilitator for the evening will be Milwaukee’s own Sevan Arabajian-Ries, musician, ritualist, spiritual guide, and relational counselor.
The sound bath will last approximately 30 to 40 minutes. We recommend arriving 15 minutes early to give yourself time to set up and settle in. Please dress comfortably and bring something to lie on, as well as a cover for yourself if you think you might want one during the session. Instead of the labyrinth walk, we will think more metaphorically, going inward with the opportunity to write a letter to our future selves. You are welcome to arrive earlier if you would like to walk the labyrinth before the indoor sound bath begins.
Jenna will provide paper, pens, and envelopes as part of her "Dear Self With Love" project. If you prefer, you are welcome to bring your own materials as well. When you're finished sealing up your letter, you are invited to drop it into the mailbox with the promise that Jenna will mail it back to you in one year, in January 2026.