Imagination & Fire

For anyone who hasn’t seen the comments on the previous post, Dale Pendell’s talk at the October Gallery next Wednesday 22nd July has been confirmed. Dale’s visiting the UK for various reasons, and a quick-thinking Strange Attractor quickly led to an impromptu addition to the gallery’s excellent “Ecology, Cosmos & Consciousness” lecture series (facilitated by Dr Dave). The talk will be at 6pm for a 6.30pm start, entry will be £7 / £5 concessions. You can book through the gallery (though I don’t think their website has been updated with the details so far).

There’s no set blurb for the event, we just have the title: “Imagination and Fire: New Work and Conversation with Dale Pendell”. Anyone who knows Dale’s work will know what to expect and will already be on the phone booking a ticket. If you’ve not encountered him before, next week will be a great introduction to this unique exploratory scholar. A poet, software engineer, ethnobotanist, psychedelic anarchist, Burning Man veteran, and former student of one of my favourite writers, Norman O. Brown, Dale will surely range widely and philosophize lyrically. Check out his website, this interview, and my reviews of his books.

‘Ecology, Cosmos & Consciousness’ continues with its regular schedule next week with rock art scholar Dr Robert Wallis, with a talk on ‘Animism, Ancestors and Adjusted Styles of Communication: Hidden Art in Irish Passage Graves’, which should be another great evening.