Lucy’s talk is called “A Contemporary Re-imagining of the Ancient Irish ‘Vessel of Everlasting Abundance’: Symbol of Inspiration, Transformation, Healing and Regeneration”
The “Clay-Cup Symbol and Worldview” offers a contemporary re-imagining of the ancient Irish mythological vessel of everlasting abundance: a symbol of inspiration, transformation, healing and regeneration. This numinous vessel symbol resides in the deep ecological roots of the Irish psyche.
This work puts forward that there is an absence of such symbols of wholeness in the modern Western psyche. This has led, in part, to the emergence of the humanitarian, ecological and climate crises of our times. This unique project re-imagines this vessel through a synthesis of the arts, sciences and humanities, conceptualizing the Earth as an earthen vessel broken into many pieces with each broken shard representing an aspect of life: ecology, biology, psychology and mythology.
The work seeks to re-form the vessel, to bring these disparate shards back together into meaningful relatedness in an endeavor to heal the modern fragmented mindset and acknowledge the everlasting nourishment and renewal that their inter-relatedness provides the individual, community, culture and planet. The mythic imagination has the capacity to constellate renewal and healing in the psyche, helping cultures to adapt and evolve in challenging times. This re-imagined vessel symbol is offered in service to the healing, health, and well-being of the whole.
About Lucy
Lucy Dolan holds a B.A. in Ceramics, an M.A. in Ecopsychology, Viridis Graduate Institute, and is currently undertaking a research Ph.D. Her work synthesizes her academic interests in Irish arts, symbols, myth, and culture, as well as depth and ecopsychology, with her practical ceramic work. Lucy lives in County Kerry, Ireland.
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