#1 Hands and the Art of Touch: A Journey into the Beginner’s Mind

Our first gathering opens with Beginner’s Mind — the invitation to see the world with freshness, curiosity, and wonder, as though for the very first time. It is the foundation of mindful, artful living, and the threshold through which our journey begins.

This evening, we turn to hands and the art of touch — the way we reach toward the world, toward one another, and toward our own being.
Hands are gateways; storytellers of experience, bridges of intimacy, vessels of memory, and extensions of the imagination.

Together, we will travel through the long arc of history from prehistory to modern art discovering in myths, artworks, poetry, music, and film how hands have shaped meaning across worlds and cultures.

Along the way, we’ll pause for a sensory meditation on touch, embodying Beginner’s Mind and planting the seeds of a new cycle of exploration.

"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding, Four Quartets

✨ Gathering Info
📍 Typical Coffee Heidelberg (Gottlieb-Daimler-Straße 19)
📅 Thursday, 2 October
⏰ 19:00 – 20:30
🍃Regular fee (€15) / Student fee (€10)