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“This museum is a kind of sanctuary” —Jennifer
Leigh Atkinson
There are many sacred places on earth: those naturally
sacred and those made sacred by the people who consecrate
them.
Jennifer Atkinson understood this more fully than most.
She knew that one of the greatest powers of craft was to
explore both the known and the unknown.
In her journey at the Fuller she sought to expand the purpose
of “the arts” in our lives. She believed that
craft had a significant role. She explored moving beyond
decoration and self expression to evidence of one’s
everyday tasks for the maintenance of life. This mythic
use of crafts becomes a map of our journey as a species
through the landscape form wholeness to separation and back
again.
We all know that real power exists not in the external
form of a thing, but in meeting the secret inner one, and
that to reach that hidden world is the purpose of this ritual.
The sanctuary we are building is a record of that meeting.
Please carry a stone from the cairn though the museum,
the path will be marked for you , but feel free to find
your own way. Feel the weight of the stone you are carrying
and feel a circle of light around you, imagine this light
is Jennifer. When you feel safe begin your journey. Take
time with this and consider your emotions and your inner
response.
Add your stone to the cairn in the middle of the auditorium.
After all the stones have been added, If you feel safe remember
what you saw and felt on the journey and share it with the
group.
Take a stone with you at the end of the ritual and place
it in your own or Jennifer’s sanctuary. Please leave
any engraved stones at Jennifer’s sanctuary.
Michael Dowling
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