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Festival theme soothes souls of visitors
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| Janet Chandler (left) and Sunne McCarty create flower and feather fairies among other fanciful creatures that include polymer clay mythical dragons and Griffins. The girls sold out of many of their creations at Saturday’s festival. MICHAEL MITSEFF/Lake City Reporter |
Caribbean theme gave authentic feel to annual event.
By MICHAEL MITSEFF
mmitseff@lakecityreporter.com
WHITE SPRINGS — Several hundred people “came to the river” Saturday to learn how to lead a healthier, happier and more peaceful life at a Healing Arts Festival and Workshop in White Springs.
The “Come to the River” healing festival was framed by the soaring pines and natural setting of Stephen Foster Culture Center State Park, lending itself to the spirit and energy of the event’s second year.
Permeating the festival was the aroma of authentic Caribbean food as it was prepared and served by Accuisine Cuisine, remaining true to its Trinidad/Tobago roots.
“The focus of this year’s event was on things that soothe the soul,” festival founder Khrys Kantarze said. “The food this year is fabulous, lots of herbs, spices and chutneys.”
Once the belly and the body are at peace, a trip to Fairly Hollow should not be delayed. The creation of lifelong friends, Janet Chandler and Sunne McCarty of Micanopy, the Sunnet Sisters of Fairy Hollow transform flowers and feathers into tiny, whimsical fairies, usually only found in fantasies read aloud to sleepy-eyed children at bedtime.
Among the exotic exhibits of wearable art, hypnosis seminars, chakra jewelry and the philosophy of sacred spaces disturbed by dissonant fields of energy, lurk the familiar pursuits of woodworking, tie dyeing and pottery making.
To soothe the spirit and engender plain old good vibrations, art objects in the home give the weary eye a place to rest as it drinks in colors and shapes and serves to transform the modest of surroundings.
The folk art of Janet Moses specializes in transformation. She starts with the mundane: discarded windows and chunks of well-worn sheets of tin stripped from the hulking carcasses of dead buildings.
“I’ve been painting scenes on windows and bits of tin salvaged from homes in White Springs for about 30 years,” Moses said, noting that some of the tin she’s painted is
from 1892.
Art may please the eye and with it the soul to which it opens, but touch still plays an important role in optimum health.
Claire R. Holland, M.D. who informs her Western-taught medical practices with Eastern thought.
“I focus universal healing energies to help my patients come to a healthier state,” Holland explained.
The key to optimal health, as Holland sees it, lies in the body’s ability to keep energy clear and free-flowing.
Light Touch Therapy works to prevent and eliminate the root cause of disease by releasing blocked energy, she said.
Her approach to healing includes elements from Reiki, Cranio-Sacral, Chi Gong and Polarity, all Eastern therapies.
Many of the hundreds who attended the festival found what they were seeking amid the tall pines, tents and cabins of the gentle park.
“What a wonderful, wide variety of information available here, it is a delicious mix of art, health and food,” Deb Odom said.
“It all makes learning about how to take care of yourself fun.”
The “Come to the River” healing festival was framed by the soaring pines and natural setting of Stephen Foster Culture Center State Park, lending itself to the spirit and energy of the event’s second year.
Permeating the festival was the aroma of authentic Caribbean food as it was prepared and served by Accuisine Cuisine, remaining true to its Trinidad/Tobago roots.
“The focus of this year’s event was on things that soothe the soul,” festival founder Khrys Kantarze said. “The food this year is fabulous, lots of herbs, spices and chutneys.”
Once the belly and the body are at peace, a trip to Fairly Hollow should not be delayed. The creation of lifelong friends, Janet Chandler and Sunne McCarty of Micanopy, the Sunnet Sisters of Fairy Hollow transform flowers and feathers into tiny, whimsical fairies, usually only found in fantasies read aloud to sleepy-eyed children at bedtime.
Among the exotic exhibits of wearable art, hypnosis seminars, chakra jewelry and the philosophy of sacred spaces disturbed by dissonant fields of energy, lurk the familiar pursuits of woodworking, tie dyeing and pottery making.
To soothe the spirit and engender plain old good vibrations, art objects in the home give the weary eye a place to rest as it drinks in colors and shapes and serves to transform the modest of surroundings.
The folk art of Janet Moses specializes in transformation. She starts with the mundane: discarded windows and chunks of well-worn sheets of tin stripped from the hulking carcasses of dead buildings.
“I’ve been painting scenes on windows and bits of tin salvaged from homes in White Springs for about 30 years,” Moses said, noting that some of the tin she’s painted is
from 1892.
Art may please the eye and with it the soul to which it opens, but touch still plays an important role in optimum health.
Claire R. Holland, M.D. who informs her Western-taught medical practices with Eastern thought.
“I focus universal healing energies to help my patients come to a healthier state,” Holland explained.
The key to optimal health, as Holland sees it, lies in the body’s ability to keep energy clear and free-flowing.
Light Touch Therapy works to prevent and eliminate the root cause of disease by releasing blocked energy, she said.
Her approach to healing includes elements from Reiki, Cranio-Sacral, Chi Gong and Polarity, all Eastern therapies.
Many of the hundreds who attended the festival found what they were seeking amid the tall pines, tents and cabins of the gentle park.
“What a wonderful, wide variety of information available here, it is a delicious mix of art, health and food,” Deb Odom said.
“It all makes learning about how to take care of yourself fun.”
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Usiku wrote on Oct 28, 2008 12:45 AM:
The art in nature is the greatest of the healing arts. "