Dreamfishmas Party
The day of prepping for our holiday party was intense. It was going to be a cold rainy night, and 50 people were coming. We were also preparing to go on a dreamfish retreat the next day. And then, the party emerged.
As I looked around, I felt joy to be a part of such an amazing community of brilliant caring people. And, joy to be at this fabulous party, celebrating together, thanks to the creativity and energy of Paul Loper, Johannes Klose, Dietmar Brinkmann, and Marie-Anne Haour. As people came to the party, Marie-Anne gave each person a paper fish nametag to write two things we love on it. This design was to connect people with the love of one another. And, Dietmar handed out German Gluhwein and hot cider to keep us warm. I certainly felt touched and warmed.
As people walked into the space, they entered a Treequarium, a dreamfish interactivist invention that Paul and Johannes created to turn inside-out the concept of ‘christmas tree’, to be a relational container rather than a vertical projection. Everyone at the party was given a paper fish, in which we wrote a wish for the new year, and then pinned the fish in the Treequarum.
Being together at the holiday party, talking about what people love, sipping hot mulled wine, with pouring rain dramatically surrounding us, was a blast. I realized how much I value coming together to celebrate. Thank you so much to everyone who came out to the party! Here are a few pictures, that Johannes took.