Magdalene’s Bootcamp Experience

Brk day 21

Brk day 22

There seems to be something in the air today. It feels like many of us are walking around with tired minds and/or heavy hearts.
For me, perhaps I’m feeling a sense of wistfulness. I did not attend the PDC as a student, but there was some kind of magic that was created between everyone who was here for that event. There seemed to be a cohesion and flow that felt really lovely even from the outside. I miss that group dynamic and quite a few of the people that passed through here for a minute to help create it.
I’m also thinking about the approaching goodbyes to the boots who are leaving after event season, having fulfilled their work exchanges. Individuals who I have always known to be here in my time and who have greatly shaped my experience so far.
There is a greater open-heartedness that has emerged within me while here and I have developed such an affection for the folks I live alongside. It’s bittersweet to notice this while also knowing that many of these relationships are so transient. It feels like family here, or tribe as Erica says, but one that is ever-shifting and changing, becoming something new with each coming and going. A new concoction, an altering of the soup. It’s a creative process?
As lovely as this may be, it’s with a little pain that you must say goodbye and let go.
Goodbye Matt
Goodbye Waldo 🌟
And good luck to you both

Look closely and peacefully at the picture entitled, "a little bit of magic." The beauty of this picture represents the marvelous friendships and happy memories that you have developed with those who are leaving. Try to not feel a sense of loss but, a feeling of awe and wonder and appreciation for the time you got to spend together. 40 years from now, a piece of them will still be in your heart and it will feel really warm and comforting when you recall the wonderful times you had together.
Thank you for sharing your experiences.

John Duffy wrote:Look closely and peacefully at the picture entitled, "a little bit of magic." The beauty of this picture represents the marvelous friendships and happy memories that you have developed with those who are leaving. Try to not feel a sense of loss but, a feeling of awe and wonder and appreciation for the time you got to spend together. 40 years from now, a piece of them will still be in your heart and it will feel really warm and comforting when you recall the wonderful times you had together.
Thank you for sharing your experiences.

Thank you, you are right.

These last two weeks were truly a magical experience! Erica's right, in that it was a little transient tribe, with the land and the purpose of the place bringing us all together. I've also been feeling a similar sense of wistfulness. I was telling Rose it felt like a hangover, but for a sudden disconnection from community. I miss having meals with you, Chase, Dez, Nina, Ariana and whoever else plopped down into our insane little vortex, often listening to Paul's beautiful rants. Rose does too. I guess that's the nature of these things, in that we sometimes get scattered from our chosen families, but they always have a way of circling back around.

I saw in Nine's BRK that Waldo had been injured, but you were saying goodbye. Is he...

Alex Chadsey wrote:Is he...

Yes

Poor Waldo May he be in a place  with endless catmint, warm rocks, and all the field mice he could ever want!

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