Art is a good way to get people to understand and mobilize behind a cause. Alliance For Just Money and Unity Through Creativity collaborated to create the Singing Tree of a Just and Democratic Economy. This collaborative mural methodology, inspired by trees, is part of an international invitation for the whole world to create together. The process involves artistic creation accompanied by a non-violent leadership training process that envisions success in community challenges, often around a central topic. Our topic centered on how money works and how our exchanges can be better grounded in Natural reciprocity, Democratically , and Justly.
Throughout the open to the public sessions, we explored the process of creative collaboration that emerges in Singing Tree Murals and shared our views on money, challenges in economics, and even our life story engaging in this debt-based economic system. We reshaped our collective view of the economy as a series of exchanges that happen in nature with the theme of generosity, just as they happen in trees. We learned about crows offering gifts and the incredible collaboration of crabs, both of which are honored in the final design of the collaborative mural. We talked about trees and how they represent the ultimate model of generosity, creating habitats and participating in multiple reciprocities. Each session included creative time where participants tapped into their free-flowing and non-judgmental creativity to create a shared vision. We also drew currency together and discussed what an ideal form of currency would look like, understanding that form follows function, and that we need the function to work better for us. the first session was online Dec 5th 2023, and the last final online session was April 8th...
The collaborative visual WAS presented at Mayday for Money, a march and demonstration in Chicago, on May 18, 2024!
Read about the process on the page https://www.monetaryalliance.org/open-invite-for-singing-tree-of-a-just-and-democratic-economy-project/
Thanks to all participants, who I will list below, once I've gathered all the information <3
~Alliance for Just Money
~Move to Amend
As primary muralist facilitator I led 5 online sessions to create and play with the ideas of the Singing Tree and how we can represent #JustMoney as #justExchange by nature's way.
This was successfully displayed as part of the #maydayForMoney events and will continue to be showcased in the movement for #justMoney.
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