{"id":24739,"date":"2024-11-23T11:29:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T16:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=24739"},"modified":"2025-09-15T13:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:28:56","slug":"amplifying-the-undercurrent-poetry-essence-making","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/event\/amplifying-the-undercurrent-poetry-essence-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Amplifying the Undercurrent: Poetry &#038; Essence Making"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This workshop was a guided experimentation\u00a0 on the process of essence-making utilizing flowers and the natural environment &#8212; and poetry led by Dominique Matti.<\/p>\n<p><em>A flower essence is an energetic medicine intended to replicate a portion of the essential nature of a plant in a clear bowl of water.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What is the essence of a fire pit? What is the essence of a view of the bridge or the breeze over the water?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The result were\u00a0 physical essences that participants\u00a0 both kept &amp; shared, and poetry on the various experiences participants have with what populates the immediate environment with inspiration from Black women poets.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24791 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7fd211e9-9e7e-2026-ec7f-bed9dee4ec5c-1024x805.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7fd211e9-9e7e-2026-ec7f-bed9dee4ec5c-1024x805.png 1024w, https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7fd211e9-9e7e-2026-ec7f-bed9dee4ec5c-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7fd211e9-9e7e-2026-ec7f-bed9dee4ec5c-768x604.png 768w, https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7fd211e9-9e7e-2026-ec7f-bed9dee4ec5c-1536x1208.png 1536w, https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7fd211e9-9e7e-2026-ec7f-bed9dee4ec5c-1800x1415.png 1800w, https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7fd211e9-9e7e-2026-ec7f-bed9dee4ec5c.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24792 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/48e366f1-a4aa-ec9d-d011-fb9f9f6fe353-1024x805.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/48e366f1-a4aa-ec9d-d011-fb9f9f6fe353-1024x805.png 1024w, https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/48e366f1-a4aa-ec9d-d011-fb9f9f6fe353-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/48e366f1-a4aa-ec9d-d011-fb9f9f6fe353-768x604.png 768w, https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/48e366f1-a4aa-ec9d-d011-fb9f9f6fe353.png 1992w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This workshop was a guided experimentation\u00a0 on the process of essence-making utilizing flowers and the natural environment &#8212; and poetry led by Dominique Matti. 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