"Fire Ritual for a New Future," Fall 2022

Before the vernal equinox, many Iranians and others perform fire rituals. Fire is associated with truth, cleansing, and a strength that exists beyond the individual. In the last days of winter, just before spring, many of us ask for a trade—"your red flame for my yellow pallor.”

I hope we’ll honor grief, refuse numbness, re-connect, and then boldly ask for a new season and new future.

"Fire Ritual for a New Future" Fall 2022 by Jahan-Tigh

Ritual written & documented by Aliah Lavonne Tigh for “Breathing in the Time of Disaster,” a community healing art installation by Ching-In Chen and Cassie Mira

Jack Straw Center for Creative Art, Fall/Winter 2022

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