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Salt Spring Island will play host to a month-long arts festival this September – though this will be anything but a typical festival. The focus of the event is climate change – not something most people want to celebrate. But facing the reality of what is happening around us every day, with predictions of worsening impacts in the not-so-distant future, is a key piece of preparing for it.
September 3rd Storywalk through Mouat Park Start at Salt Spring Island Public Library. Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm September 3rd
Ultimatum of the Scattered World A riveting yet tender art installation which aims to orient viewers towards hope and climate action. Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. Salt Spring Island Public Library.
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Watch out for workshops to build costumes and puppets and prepare to participate in the community processional, a ‘virtual art walk’ along the new king tide line in downtown Ganges, grief circles, a cabaret performance starring Climate Change itself, Indigenous performers, a mini-fi lm festival, displays, and art shows around town, poetry events, and a big family-friendly showcase of performers, music and public art in the central parking lot at the heart of downtown, in partnership with The Mateada.
The Festival program is now available on the Transition Salt Spring website, with multiple off erings to suit almost any interest. Most activities are free and open to everyone, but a few are ticketed or require advance registration. Check out www.transitionsaltspring.com for more detailed information and registration.
Month-long Self Guided Art Walk Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. Location: Ganges, pick up a map at Mahon Hall
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A Planet in Crisis Local island textile artists share their perspectives and stories about climate change. Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. Location: Artspring. 9am-5pm. September 3rd - September 27th.
September 10th Art Making Workshop #1 for Community Procession
Cabaret Theatre
Come and create some ocean creatures with renowned local performer, clown, and facilitator Nayana Fielkov! Our creations will become a part of the Sept 24th Community Procession performance.
Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. Community Resilience Hub Offi ce at SSI Middle School. 10:00 am - 3:00 pm September 15 Grief Circle with Maggie Ziegler Grieving with other people can be healing. During our month-long Climate Arts Festival we will come together in a safe group setting to express the pain and grief we carry in this time of climate emergency. Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. To register: www.transitionsaltspring.com/ rise. Artbarn on Suff olk Road. 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. September 17th Art Making Workshop #2 for Community Procession Come and create some ocean creatures with renowned local performer, clown, and facilitator Nayana Fielkov! Our creations will become a part of the Sept 24th Community Procession performance. Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. Community Resilience Hub Offi ce at SSI Middle School. 10:00 am - 3:00 pm September 20th Poetry Club Reading Live on Zoom Star of the Sea is hosting a zoom poetry event to share and discuss climate and weather-related poetry.Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. Check the Star of the Sea website for registration and zoom link details: https://www.staroftheseassi.ca/ September 24 Community Procession You are invited to participate in a community procession through Ganges to help express the urgency of our global and local situation. Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. Meet us at Mahon Hall around 12:30pm dressed in blue. Procession starts at 1pm. Free and open to the public. September 24 Mateada Convergence a Community Celebration! This celebration aims to bring our community together in our shared experience of the eff ects of climate change on us personally and collectively. The event will be a family-friendly afternoon – early evening concert featuring live bands, food, and the licensed Mateada lounge. Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. Free and open to the public. Parking lot behind Mateada. 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm September 25 Rainwater Harvesting Tour 2022 Join local tour hosts of various system types and sizes, for potable household use or irrigation and other purposes. Free Tours* will begin at 9:00am, 11:00am, 1:00pm and 3:00pm (*unless otherwise noted). Check Transition Salt Spring’s website where a map will be published in September. www. transitionsaltspring.com/rise September 25 Getting To The Root - Building a Living Mandala Come gather with community members at The Root to create a medicine mandala for the Earth. Please register: www.transitionsaltspring.com/rise. The Root, 186 Beddis Rd. 10:30 am - 5:00 pm. September 27 Live Poetry Reading Live poetry reading with Salt Spring Poetry Club, featuring a number of local poets. Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. Free and open to the public. Salt Spring Island Public Library. 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. October 1 Pride On the Rise Dance DAISSI (Diverse and Inclusive SSI) enthusiastically invites all 2SLGBTQIA+ folks, and all allies, to the Pride on the Rise Dance Party! Families with minors are welcome until 10pm. Tickets are $30 ($15 for under 19 or people providing a work exchange) and available by cash only at TJ Beans Cafe, or at the DAISSI Table at the Fall Fair or e-transfer $30 to daissitreasurer@ gmail.com and pick up your ticket at the door. Farmers Institute. 7:30 pm - 1:00 am. For more details about the festival, fl ip to page 9!
September 1st - September 30th
“Call Me CC”
September 1st - September 30th
This event is a hilarious musical comedy starring Climate Change itself! Climate Change (CC) has fi nally arrived on earth in a form that we can relate to -- a bouff on (type of clown). A live piano player accompanies the vaudevillesque revue, wrapping the climate news in delightful entertainment. Beaverpoint Hall, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm, a pay what you can event. For tickets and details: www.transitionsaltspring.com/rise September 4 Indigenous teaching and Welcome Ceremony at Xwaaqw’um (Burgoyne Bay) Join Robert George (Qwiahultuhw) an Elder from Quw’utsun (Cowichan) as he leads a welcome ceremony and teaching at the Welcome Poles at Xwaaqw’um. He will also be joined by Metis Elder and Helper Pamela Bourque. Presented as part of the On The Rise Climate Arts Festival. This event is free and open to everyone. 9:00 am - 1:00 pm September 10th & 11th Meet Transition Salt Spring @ the Fall Fair Stop by the Transition Salt Spring booth both days of the Fall Fair to fi nd out more about the Climate Arts Festival and make some art for the Community Procession later in September. Farmer’s Institute, Transition Salt Spring Booth.
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‘By building connections and engaging people through the arts, the Festival hopes to go beyond ‘information’ towards ‘inspiration’, says Festival organizer Rebecca Bloch. ‘It’s been a great collaboration between Transition Salt Spring, Graffiti Theatre and Salt Spring Arts to pull off this big event. In working together, we’re trying to build new and creative ways to help ourselves and our community face this overwhelming threat and find hope.’
The On The Rise Arts Festival will provide opportunities for islanders and visitors to explore climate change through a series of arts activities, performances, shows, poetry, and circle processes – all ending in a community procession through the downtown and a dance. This journey of exploration will give participants hands-on and direct ways to learn, create, refl ect, grieve, plan, connect and grow in their capacity to take personal and collective action.
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Once Summer hit, she was a hot one. All that swimming, salt, sun and sand dried out my locks. I went looking for a hair oil and found that “hair masks” had become all the rage. So I grabbed a couple. The fi rst one I tried was Pantene Miracle Rescue. It came in a cute gold box with 4 tubes of product. Marketing win. True to Pantene, my fi rst impression was, chemicals, it has a smell and texture to it that I did not like. Did it it do the job? You bet, but with all that packaging and the chemically excess It’s a NO for this one.
I applied this product both on wet hair, for a conditioning treatment and on dry hair, on smaller strips from mid way to tip. This was great for instant creative expression e.g. journalling, drawing, movement, we will explore and experience the growth and change of an evolving spirituality in 2022. Come prepared to listen and share.
Wednesday, September 21 A Quiet Morning 9:30 am to 12:00 noon — St. Mary’s Church Over this next season, there will be a series of Quiet Mornings at St. Mary’s Church led by Richard Stetson, retired rector of the SSI Anglican Parish and co-founder of Star of the Sea. This one will off er prayer, silence, reading and contemplation on the origins of the meaning of the cross in Christian spiritual life and practice and how it is woven into faith today. Please register at staroftheseassi@ gmail.com for all events (except the ongoing Wednesday Insight Meditation which requires no registration). You will receive aZoom link for the poetry evening of September 20. Donations for participation in all events are welcome.
Tuesday, September 20 Poetry of Climate and Weather 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. — Online on Zoom As part of the On the Rise Festival, Star of the Sea will be hosting, on Zoom, an evening of poetry on climate and weather. We will be sharing poems about climate change, letting poetry lead us into ways of feeling, understanding, and responding to the climate crisis. Come with a climate- or weather-related poem to share, or just come to listen and respond to poems brought by others. The evening will be facilitated by Salt Spring poet Brian Day.
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Every Wednesday Insight Meditation 7:00 to 8:30 pm at St. Mary’s Church, 2600 Fulford-Ganges Road As part of the Star of the Sea Centre, the Salt Spring Insight Meditation Community is off ering a regular drop-in Wednesday evening meditation from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. This is a silent meditation with some guidance, followed by a dharma talk. This is an open group and everyone is welcome.
Tuesday, September 13 What is Spirituality Anyway? 7:00 to 8:30 pm at St. Mary’s Church What is spirituality? How does it relate to religion, if at all? What is its role in a meaningful life and life story? Which experiences do we consider spiritual? Are experiences of nature, beauty, and love spiritual? Do we experience the spiritual both individually and communally? How does spirituality relate to our quality of attention and our sense of connection to the whole? Join us for an open and respectful discussion facilitated by Heather Martin and Brian Day.
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2022, i grab the paintbrush, trembling in front of the Cathedral.. can i accomplish the mission? My left brain doubts relentlessly, I let go and let myself be the fool, jumping off the cliff of my mind and letting the dance of life move me, 32 years of work cheering me through, relieved to fi nd myself part of Creation again.
This collection of paintings explores the stories that emerge from landscape. Salt Spring Gallery of Fine Art, September 16 - Oct 5. Opening Exhibition September 16, 5-7 pm
Some days, it was a ghost town with a few wandering natives and imported characters, artists, rednecks, hippies, fi shermen, … All of us cradled in a womb of old growth and open ocean wilderness. My fi rst plein air paintings painted in Clayoquot were to imprint me with a passion for this expressive process, infl uenced by a few mature artists of the area.The thick canope’s fi ltered morning sun slithering its rays on the old draft dodger’s cabin, i woke haunted by the call to tackle yet another painting journey in the wild (sometimes hours of hiking or boat ride) and meet her at her fi nest edge.
Cheryl Long: The process of translation from perception of environment to its manifestation onto canvas is both mysterious and dynamic. I’m intrigued, especially, with fi nding the strength and simplicity of form in nature. The images I capture with my camera may be momentary, as in moving water, or wind-driven clouds, yet I strive to express the strength and sculptural qualities I see within these fl eeting glimpses. I invite you on a journey of reverence and mystery with the voices of the landscape as they share their hidden stories.
Living on Salt Spring Island, BC, Cheryl’s life as an artist includes Oil Painting, as well as writing and illustrating children’s books. She draws inspiration from her travels across Canada, visiting and photographing our National Parks and wilderness areas.
by Cheryl Long and Nathalie St-Amant
Nathalie St-Amant: Translating the grandiose beauty, wisdom and mysteries words could never express has been a deep yearning, a fantasy that needed to become tangible to soothe my soul, so much romance was otherwise to be contained.. Light and shadow, colour, movement and composition, the language of the Fabric of Life itself liberated me from the limiting world of the conscious mind. A place within I name’’Before Mind’’. 1988..last stop Tofi no BC. I jumped off the bus, young and free, a few belongings and hungry for adventures, The next 10 years proved to be what the concept of that word could not encompass.
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Let us take you on a journey through the myriad world of classical performance,music starting with cellist Elinor Frey leading the Accademia de’ Dissonanti ensemble, vocal storytellers Mirror Visions Ensemble, and wind instrument quintet Pentaè dre. Constantinople, blending western classical with eastern musical traditions, returns with two shows, and harpsichordist Steven Devine leads Victoria Baroque. Pianist Ian Parker brings us another captivating performance, and the Gryphon Trio presents a multimedia show in collaboration with Indigenous artists from Canada and Norway. In another collaboration, Percussiano3 off ers two pianists and one percussionist, and more blending of styles from Ladom Ensemble, pairing acoustic chamber with world music. Our fi nal classical show of the season is the splendid Elektra Women’s Choir.
Paige Bowman’s mural in Lam’s Lane began in August and continues this month. The large wall - visible when driving into Ganges - will be transformed into a dreamy scene of large seals swimming in a kelp forest. Given the scale, unique visibility and access to the site, the image manages to be both representational and abstract.
ArtSpring Presents 2022-2023 launches bigger than ever ArtSpring is back to full strength, with a mighty new season of music, dance, theatre, and youth events. With 28 performances and a visual art exhibition between October 2 and May 28, there’ll be something for everyone in our island community.
Theatre-lovers can enjoy performances from Salt Spring’s Nayana Fielkov (RAGMOP Theatre), Mark Kunji Ikeda with Sansei: The Storyteller, and the much-loved Axis Theatre with a youth show Th’owxiya: the Hungry Feast Dish. Young performers are on stage too – some of the very best artists from Victoria Conservatory of Music’s Young Artists Collegium Program, and two concerts from ArtSpring’s Makana Youth Choir. And we’re excited to stage our fi rst international visual art exhibition. Archipelago: Contemporary Art of the Salish Sea, featuring six of the fi nest artists from the San Juan Islands.
Bowman is a nonbinary settler born and raised on the unceded territory of the LEKWUNGEN and WSANEC peoples (“Victoria”) and currently resides in the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples (“Vancouver”). A curious and creative individual, Paige has always been interested in exploring the fantasy realms of animals, mythical creatures, and storytelling since they could hold a pencil.
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Three walls in the heart of Salt Spring, Ganges (Shiya’hwt) Village, are getting a facelift this summer with creative murals. A partnership between the Chamber of Commerce and Salt Spring Arts, Murals on Salt Spring (MoSS) aims to showcase public art to encourage dialogue, tourism, place-making and stewardship. These murals will bring colour and interest to walls that would otherwise go unnoticed.Theartists chosen by a selection committee responded to the broad project themes of sustainability, reciprocity and creativity and will be completing the installation of their murals in September.
David Camisa’s mural at Glad’s Ice Cream is sponsored by Transition Salt Spring as part of the ‘On the Rise: Navigating Climate Grief and Action’ arts festival taking place all month. His work manages to balance this formidable dichotomy, leaving room for contemplation and grief while also representing strength, hope and acceptance. It is an image you can return to and take away something new each time.
Camisa is a British-Canadian Artist based in Vancouver. Having worked as a professional artist for over a decade, his work has been showcased across Canada and worldwide. His professional
John is a Tl’azt’en artist now residing in Ymir. He is self-taught and specializes in acrylic painting, digital work and sculpture. He is highly infl uenced by his Indigenous heritage and uses his art to explore, educate, delight and create dialogue about the vast potential this world holds for us.
repertoire has expanded to include illustration and murals, most recently being hand-selected to create work for the 2021 Vancouver Queer Arts Festival and the fi fth annual Vancouver Mural Festival.
Damian John is painting the mural at Salt Spring Coff ee. His work, called ‘Island Hopping’ is full of playfulness and uniquely incorporates the existing features of the west wall of this busy thoroughfare. Damian incorporates characters that represent Coast Salish Peoples from this territory, as well as the islands’ unique ecosystems wit in the Salish Sea.
An exciting line-up of jazz, folk, blues, and pop sees brilliant New York-based jazz pianist Michael Weiss with Vancouver jazz leader Cory Weeds, and renowned jazz bassist Jodi Proznick teams up with musicians from the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble for an exquisite concert, Jasmine Jazz. From the folk world we welcome Grammy-winning mandolinist John Reischman, and Canada’s bluegrass band to watch, The Slocan Ramblers. A blues double bill features Niagara artist Suzie Vinnick and multi-award-winning Australian guitarist Lloyd Spiegel, and singer-songwriter/top-10 hitmaker Andrew Allen brings us his dynamic live show.
The opening show of any new season is special, and more so this year as Ballet Victoria brings a world premiere, Broadway On Pointe. Thrilling dance performances continue with Joshua Beamish’s Proximity, Caroline Shaw and Vanessa Goodman’s innovative Graveyards and Gardens, and Tara Cheyenne’s solo work Body Parts. In a hybrid performance acclaimed danceractor Hiromoto Ida blends Japanese Noh theatre with western dance and music in Birthday Present for Myself
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Four AssaultAboutMythsSexual Trigger Warning: Sexual assault
IWAV’s Sexual Assault Response Program is for sexual assault survivors on the Gulf Islands. It helps survivors access free and confi dential support, options for reporting, and individual counselling. Get more information at https://iwav.org/sexual-assaultresponse-program/ or call the SARP Coordinator: (250) 931-7712
In Canada, gender or sexually diverse people are three times more likely to experience sexual assault than heterosexual cisgender people. Research also shows that up to one in six men have an abusive sexual experience before the age of 18. This myth often makes it harder for men and people in the LGBTQ2S+ community to get the healing and support they deserve.
The Criminal Code of Canada defi nes sexual assault as “any unwanted sexual act done by one person to another or sexual activity without one person’s consent or voluntary agreement.” This myth often minimizes the impacts that any unwanted sexual activity can have on a person’s wellbeing, sense of autonomy, and mental health. Survivors may believe their assault wasn’t “severe” enough to report or get support.
Words carry immense power. Part of this novel’s power stems from its vivid connection to bookstores and booksellers. Author Louise Erdrich is herself the owner of an independent bookstore and she also makes an appearance as a minor character in her own book…as the owner of the store that employs Tookie. It’s a wonderful device that provides an opportunity to share book recommendations and favourite quotes and to discuss the special delight that comes from matching up book and reader. Set over the early days of the pandemic when there was so much distress and confusion, Tookie’s story and the realities of Covid are balanced with a blend of humour and wit. And then George Floyd is murdered. Minneapolis is the setting of both the novel AND the author’s actual home, so she was able to create, through lived experiences, a fi ctional, yet authentic account of the ways in which the Indigenous community showed support. These passages are painful but powerful, demonstrating all the ways a sentence can be pronounced.
Myth #1: Sexual assault only happens to women by men.
Myth #2: If it wasn’t rape, it wasn’t sexual assault.
Rape myths are misconceptions about sexual assault that often place the blame on those who’ve been victimized. They perpetuate the normalization of sexualized violence and prevent accountability. Rape myths can retraumatize survivors, shame them into silence, and stop them from seeking support. The impacts of sexual violence aff ect not only the harmed individuals but also their loved ones and communities. By challenging rape myths and educating people, we can support survivors to get the healing they deserve and to feel safe sharing their stories. Deconstructing these misconceptions can help us create a safer, more supportive community for all.
Myth #3: People lie about sexual assault; false reporting is common.Falsereporting for sexual assault isn’t common. Statistically, it’s similar to other reported crimes (between 2–4%). The media grossly overreports these cases instead of focussing on the fact that it’s the most underreported crime in Canada: for every 100 sexual assaults, only 6 are reported. Myth #4: If someone didn’t scream or fi ght back, it wasn’t sexual assault. Up to 70% of people being sexually assaulted experience a freeze response. Tonic immobility is common and involuntary, caused by a sudden release of stress hormones. The person may be unable to talk, scream, or move. Some survivors may not fi ght back because they’re afraid the person assaulting them will become more violent, or they’re too incapacitated by drugs or alcohol to resist.
A sentence can be defi ned in more than one way, and this story encapsulates all possibilities. Our central character, Tookie, an Indigenous woman living in Minnesota, works at a local independent bookstore. This career path is new to her, off ered by a former teacher, after Tookie was released from prison, having been “sentenced” to 60 years (although that “sentence” is commuted). She fi nds love with Pollux, the Potawatomi man who she grew up with (and complicating matters, was also responsible for arresting her) and is living a pretty sweet life, surrounded by a community of fellow booksellers. We do learn more about Tookie’s past, and the crime she committed, but the plot of this novel hinges upon the death of a regular customer, Flora, and her subsequent haunting of the bookstore, and of Tookie specifi cally. Why is her ghost continuing to shuffl e around the store? And why target Tookie? There’s clearly a mystery that needs to be solved in order for Flora to move on to the next plane of existence (whatever that may be). Tookie is given the book that Flora happened to be reading when she passed and there’s clearly a “sentence” that is triggering (Tookie has an extreme and unusual reaction) but could a “sentence” have the power to kill? Of course eventually Tookie gets to the bottom of it, and it’s a satisfying resolution.
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Hey Salty, Wow, what 40 years can do in health care and our understanding and treatment of viruses!
Yet despite how far we have come, there is still a lot of misinformation and myths that have perpetuated a lot of shame, stigma, and stereotypes about HIV. People living with HIV deserve to feel safe and supported, so let’s talk about some of the facts about HIV to set the record straight.
FACT - HIV and AIDS are not the same thing
Testing for HIV involves a blood test, usually collected at an Island Health lab such as Lady Minto Hospital, although it can be done at any Island Health-associated lab. The results are usually available within a week.
The easiest way to prevent HIV infection is through the use barrier methods of protection like condoms when having anal and vaginal sex, not sharing needles when injecting substances, and making sure that needles used for tattoos or piercings are new or have been properly sanitized.
‘By building connections and engaging people through the arts, the Festival hopes to go beyond ‘information’ towards ‘inspiration’, says Festival organizer Rebecca Bloch. ‘It’s been a great collaboration... In working together, we’re trying to build new and creative ways to help ourselves and our community face this overwhelming threat and fi nd hope.’
So how is HIV transmitted? HIV can be found in semen, fl uids in the anus, vaginal fl uid, mucous, blood, and breast milk. HIV can be transmitted through anal and vaginal sex and through small cuts found in mucous membranes like the vagina, opening of the penis, and rectum.HIVcan also be transmitted through blood to blood contact with the sharing of needles or syringes for injecting substances, tattoos, and piercings.
This September, Salt Spring Island play host to a month-long arts festival presented by Transition Salt Spring, Graffi ti Theatre and Salt Spring Arts. Anything but typical, the festival focus is climate change.
Call me CC Cabaret – Sept. 3 at Beaver Point Hall - is a fun-fi lled Cabaret comedy starring the decline of human civilization itself. CC is easily relatable: charming and disgusting, graceful and garish, irresistibly fun and ridiculously egotistical. A ‘serious comedy,’ the underlying storyline is humanity’s real narrative, a gravely serious imperative, while the show is an absolute ball. The CC character charms us into giving him the spotlight he truly deserves without being didactic or depressing. We all have to face Climate Change eventually, so you might as well buy a ticket.
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HIV is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodefi ciency Syndrome), whereas AIDS is a condition that occurs when a person’s CD 4 cells no longer function to protect the person from illness. In other words, AIDS is the most serious stage of HIV and can happen when HIV is left untreated.
FACT - HIV cannot be transmitted through sharing drinks, hugging, kissing, insect bites, public bathrooms
Featuring Jen Redpath & Jessica Terezakis Stay Sexy Salty!
If you have any questions or topics you want to see covered, please email us at opt.ssi@gmail.com and if it’s more than questions that are burning, come see us on Tuesdays from 4:30-6:30 pm at the Core Inn!
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The intent is not to celebrate climate change, but to encourage our community to face and prepare for the reality of what is happening around us every day.
HIVHuman Immunodeficiency Virus
FACT - Having HIV does not mean your life is over There are now many people around the world who live long healthy lives being HIV positive! With the assistance of regular medications, people can now have unprotected sex without passing the virus from person to person. AND folks who self-identify as higher risk can even receive preventative medication to reduce the possibility of contracting HIV from infected individuals. ALSO, post-exposure therapies are available if someone has specifi c risk factors they can also qualify for medications all of these are provided by the BCCDC.
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On The Rise Arts Festival invites audiences to explore climate change through the arts: performances, exhibitions, poetry, and participatory workshops and discussions – all culminating in a community procession and dance on September 24. Festival events encourage hands-on and direct ways to learn, create, refl ect, grieve, plan, connect and ultimately grow our community and individual capacity to take action in the face of climate change.
A self-guided Art Walk follows the projected 2050 king tide line in Ganges Village (Shiya’hwt/SYOWT), off ers an exploration of climate change impacts through an artistic lens. Each site on the walk displays a unique festival poster with a QR code which directs the viewer to a virtual gallery. The posters provide a glimpse of the artwork, with a mobile device bringing up the complete artwork, artist statement and biography. Throughout September, festival events are presented by a multitude of community partners. Events include: Indigenous teachings at Xwaaqw’um (Sept. 4), ecstatic dance (Sept 14), facilitated grief circle (Sept 15), the library hosts a poetry reading (Sept. 20) as well as a book talk with Isabelle Groc (Sept. 29), SSIWPA presents a rainwater harvest tour (Sept. 25), and DAISSY hosts Pride on the Rise community dance (Oct 1). Creative workshops (Sept 10 and 17) focus on building costumes and puppets for participation in the community processional (Sept. 24), which is followed by a community celebration as Mateada reimagines a parking lot as a vibrant community hub. The Full Festival program is available on the Transition Salt Spring website. Most activities are free and a few require tickets or advance registration. Details and registration: www.transitionsaltspring.com
The most powerful methods for repairing all have one thing in common: they encourage us to first attune internally to the part of us that has gotten triggered and then attune externally to our partner. The key, in short, is to A.T.T.U.N.E. Acknowledge you’re activated It’s almost impossible to initiate a repair process without first acknowledging you’ve gotten triggered and then doing something to dial-down your distress. Gottman’s research shows there’s a measly 4% chance of repairing if you try to communicate when you’re triggered. So our priority after getting rattled must be to de-escalate by first acknowledging we’ve gotten triggered and then pressing the pause button.
THE FISHBOWL • SEPTEMBER 2022 • PAGE 10 In his magnum opus The Science of Trust the world’s preeminent relationship scientist John Gottman writes, “Effective repair is probably the single most important process that a long-term relationship needs to survive and stay mutually satisfying.”
Story: What is its story or narrative about the incident? Hope: What is this triggered part hoping to do for you? What is its positive intention?
Finally, return to the relational field, attune to your partner and express to them what you discovered in this ATTUNE process. Ed Tronick’s research shows that healthy couples are out of sync a full 70% of the time, which is actually good bad news because misattunement provides the opportunity for repair and nothing deepens our sense of intimacy, security and connection like repairing.
Turn Inside and Toward your Triggered Part Then turn your attention away from your partner and what they’ve done to what’s happening inside you. Come to your senses by turning your attention toward the sensation of being triggered. Is it tight or loose? Hot or cold? Just track the sensations. Take Care of It Now start taking care of your activated part by summoning as much compassion as you can and conveying it to your triggered part by breathing into it, placing a hand on the activated part of your body, reassuring it with words, or asking it not to overwhelm you. Understand it by FISHING Now get to know and understand your triggered part by doing a bit of FISHING.
Impulse: What is its first impulse or action-urge? Negative pattern: What negative pattern of interaction gets triggered when you act on this impulse? Greatest fear: What is your triggered part’s greatest fear about what will happen if it doesn’t do what it’s trying to do for you? Nurture or Neutralize Your Triggered Part Now there’s a choice-point. If this isn’t your first rodeo with this part, you might want to neutralize it. One way to do this is by picturing the story at the heart of your fear on a leaf on a stream and just watch it slowly float away. Another approach is to actively challenge the fear by asking yourself if you can absolutely know the fear is true. When you realize you can’t, apply the 180° rule, state the opposite of the belief and then find some compelling evidence that the reversed belief is as true as the original belief. If, however, you sense you need to go deeper, you might shift your attention to the vulnerability under your fear, ask it not to flood you and then find out when it learned to feel this way in childhood. Witness what it shows you with compassion, then ask what it needed but didn’t get from a trusted adult, and meet this need internally.
To Repair After a Conflict, A.T.T.U.N.E. the Sweet Spot with Seth Shugar
Seth is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Marital and Family Therapist and Board Certified Life Coach. He works with individuals and couples in private practice. You can reach him at sethshugar@me.com or book a session at www.sethshugar.com
Feeling: What is this triggered part of you feeling? Incident: What incident caused it to feel this way?
Express What You Discovered to Your Partner
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