BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18470@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260822T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260822T170000 DTSTAMP:20260814T233407Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-saturday-2-2026-08-22/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Loss and Beauty— Ozeki DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Loss and Beauty— Ozeki An explor ation of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a different s hort reading as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Saturdays\, 4-5. All are wide open and you are welcome to come weekly or once in a wh ile.\nThe reading for this session: Saturday\, August 22\, 2026\n\n\n\nIn the story\, the narrator receives a letterpress edition of the poem [One A rt\, by Elizabeth Bishop]\, and it winds up in a box in her basement and e ventually is eaten by silverfish. The poem itself disintegrates into a lac elike filigree of holes and words\, and this was something that actually d id happen. I had a beautiful letterpress edition of the poem\, which I tac ked to my wall\, unframed. This was on the island where I live in British Columbia\, and the silverfish got to it\, and made it even more beautiful. … Loss happens in so many different ways. Loss changes us. It can make us wiser and more beautiful. In Japan\, impermanence\, ephemerality\, and loss are very much built into the traditional aesthetic value of wabi-sabi \, the idea that qualities like impermanence\, aging\, and imperfection ar e exactly what makes something even more beautiful.\nRuth Ozeki\, from an interview in Tricycle\, Fall 2026\n\nThe participants over the years have found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate commun ity of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as important as the r eading itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in\, with a sess ion only an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversatio n. Those who are frequently in the group get to know each other very well this way\, and those who are new will soon find they are among friends.\n\ n\n\nFacilitators use a light hand\, posting the reading in the chat and c alling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from g roup members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that role.\n\n\n \;\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n Join this class from your Web b rowser: https://zoom.us/j/91019857324\, passcode 227385\n Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by phone : 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\, Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this clas s by on-tap on mobile phones: +16699009128\,\,91019857324# US (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, but not in the bay area?  Find your local number: https:/ /zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT\n\nThis is the Zoom link for Saturdays. For the Wedn esday Zoom link\, go to the Calendar and click on a Wednesday session.\n\n Questions? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n \ ;\n\n*This activity was formerly called "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading--for one thing\, more often than not our sources are secular-- but it's worth describing the qualities of a sacred text\, which we still look for in the readings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\ n connect to something of supreme importance to us\n feel more connected to other beings or to the universe\n feel more intensely alive\n align our lives with our values\,\n perceive or feel more deeply\n be more ful ly and authentically ourselves.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.uucpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09 /Resonant-Reading.png CATEGORIES:Adult,Learning,Ongoing Events,Small Groups END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR