Community Canvas & Poem of Response

This community canvas is the creation of approximately 20 ICM team members who gathered in Akron, Ohio from September 16-18, 2022. In this open canvas practice, people can approach the canvas and respond however they feel called. This is what how the canvas emerged at the end of the gathering.

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The ocean is the dance and

The waves are the dancers

Rolling with the beauty

No questioning the magic

Of the ocean

Poem of Response by Jamie Marich

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  1. I am so glad I had the opportunity to share in this experience of co creating!!!

    The poem says it all!!!

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