The Abyss Between Our Hands - an ecstatic literacy and a clumsy theology of touch

Workshop: This playful workshop explores languages of intimacy, ecstatic literacies, and a clumsy theology of touch. We will encounter an expanded reading of touch and touching with the help of Beguine spiritual practices from the Middle Ages. We will engage in exercises in contemplation that gently challenge our attention, sensation, and perception. Simple stuff, like touching everyday objects, looking through the space and engaging with movement in a non-performative manner. Whose voice dies and whose voice blooms in this turbulent moment? What happens when we surrender the “Who are we?” for the sake of a “When are we?”