{"id":399,"date":"2017-03-03T09:39:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T17:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/tempest\/?p=399"},"modified":"2017-03-03T11:09:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T19:09:23","slug":"holding-torch-illuminate-pantheacon-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tempest\/2017\/03\/holding-torch-illuminate-pantheacon-round.html","title":{"rendered":"Holding a Torch to Illuminate: PantheaCon Round-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>I\u2019m home! And I have about a dozen blog posts all angling to get out of my brain at the same time. \u00a0I figured the safest thing to do is to release them chronologically. \u00a0So first up is PantheaCon!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-402\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-402\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/654\/2017\/03\/pcon3.jpg\" alt=\"a view of my booth \" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>a view of my booth<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This was my 4th consecutive P-Con \u2013 I had previously attended from 2002-2006 when I still lived in the Bay Area, and presented 2003-2005 (that I can remember). \u00a0Each year, I try to sculpt my experience so it\u2019s less stressful, that I get in social time with friends, and take care of myself \u2013 and I\u2019m happy to report that I was much more successful this year.<\/p>\n<p>Now there\u2019s a tendency for folks to dis indoor conventions (vs outdoor festivals) as not being \u201creal\u201d, but as someone who is often vending, presenting, and performing \u2013 while I love being in nature, taking being directly in the weather and camping aspects out of the equation allows me to enjoy it more. \u00a0It means I have a better chance of getting respectable sleep, of acquiring hot food, and taking care of myself properly. That means more energy to focus on interacting with others!<\/p>\n<p>We drove down from Seattle (like we do) on Wednesday \u2013 and minus some rainy weather in Oregon, it was an easy trip. \u00a0I credit this to our buying of snow chains for our new van right before we left. We stayed with family in the North Bay, then Thursday did the rest of the trek down to San Jose, which was made interesting by the recent rains flooding out some roads \u2013 but otherwise it was a brilliant beautiful day.<\/p>\n<p>This year, vendors were allowed to load-in and set-up on Thursday evening. \u00a0SO MUCH LOVE. \u00a0I have a new set-up (gridwall that fits in our new van, that I couldn\u2019t fit in my Toyota Matrix) and that can always be a stressful thing. \u00a0The past couple of years setting up on Friday morning trying to figure out the space had me at the point of a breakdown \u2013 which is an extremely rare thing in my world. \u00a0So having all of the time to work out the booth and hang art (it took about 5 hours) was glorious. I also had a team of awesome folks helping me sort out all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tempest\/2017\/02\/power-sigil-wearearadia-designs.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Power Sigil and We Are Aradia merch<\/a>. \u00a0Alas, this also meant I missed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manygodswest.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Many Gods West<\/a> meet and greet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-403\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-403\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/654\/2017\/03\/pcon4.jpg\" alt=\"My &quot;notes&quot; from Judika's presentation \" width=\"400\" height=\"533\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>My \u201cnotes\u201d from Judika\u2019s presentation<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Friday morning was a weird revelation in our hotel room (shared with our friends Anaar and Onyx) as we were all a bit mystified about not having to stress to set-up our booths and wondering what to do. \u00a0Overpriced breakfast buffet to the rescue! Pretty soon it was time to open the booth. \u00a0Not being stressed and having to focus on the booth meant I could leave Nathan in charge while I ran off to Judika Ille\u2019s Witchcraft &amp; Herbs presentation, which was lovely. \u00a0We have been corresponding online, and I wanted to introduce myself in person, but the room was packed and I had to get back to my booth. \u00a0I figured we had all weekend, but alas, as is the way of PantheaCon, some people you see everywhere and others you only get a brief blip.<\/p>\n<p>Friday night was the Black Rose Sabbatic Dance Ritual \u2013 and <a href=\"http:\/\/devinhunter.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Devin <\/a>had invited Anaar and I to participate to help energize the dancing. It was a lovely theatrical presentation, complete with a choreographed broom dance and live DJ mixing experience. \u00a0Then a trip around the hospitality suites afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday was supposed to be my more chill day with hitting a few more presentations, then performing in the Mythpunk Masquerade in the evening. \u00a0Then I realized that I had left my antlers at home. \u00a0(Like you do\u2026) \u00a0I was supposed to wear them for one of the MM pieces, particularly for one of <a href=\"http:\/\/betsytinney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Betsy Tinney\u2019s<\/a> new songs. \u00a0And while there were plenty of horns to be had in the vendor room, no suitable antlers. \u00a0It was then that the words of my friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/egolikeness\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steven Archer<\/a> came to mind \u2013 he had commented on my fb post about the lack of antlers: make them out of straws. \u00a0At the time it had seemed a joke, but then my design brain kicked into gear \u2013 and I went to harvest some wooden coffee stirrers, napkins, tapes and tissue paper. \u00a0Yes, this is why I have a degree from a design school. \u00a0Lacking a headband, I had to do some tricky<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-401\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-401 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/654\/2017\/03\/pcon2.jpg\" alt=\"pcon2\" width=\"225\" height=\"316\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>behold! antlers!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>work to get them to stay put, but I was successful!<\/p>\n<p>The year for the Mythpunk Masquerade, it was Sharon Knight and Winter, S.J. Tucker, Betsy Tinney, Nathaniel Johnstone and Dogwood \u2013 and me dancing. Instead of doing defined sets for each group like last year, the bands intermingled, sat in on each other\u2019s songs, and basically kept it going for the whole time \u2013 which I think was much more successful overall. (Though maybe it was a bit confusing for the audience who was wondering which CDs to buy, who was doing what song \u2013 well, the answer is: BUY ALL THE CDS!). \u00a0Then this was following by a private room party with both dear and new friends \u2013 a perfect ending for the night.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday was my marathon day \u2013 with a movement workshop (Into the Labyrinth) at 11am, and our ritual presentation (Hekate at the Crossroads) at 11pm. \u00a0This year, I was assigned one of the large ballrooms for the movement workshop, which was fantastic, because it was packed \u2013 yet we still had room to move. \u00a0This workshop was a new concept I especially designed for the theme of PantheaCon this year, and I\u2019m super pleased with how it went. \u00a0We explored movement through journeying through our own life cycles \u2013 and there were several times that I was moved to tears watching the students embrace the dance and themselves. \u00a0It set the tone for the evening ritual \u2013 which was in the same large double ballroom the Sabbatic Dance had been in on Friday \u2013 and again, so very glad for the space, because we easily had 150-200 people in there.<\/p>\n<p>Although Nathaniel and I had done this ritual at Paganicon, I didn\u2019t have specific plans or expectations. \u00a0I knew I would have to read the room to determine how it developed and progressed. \u00a0For this incarnation, Nathaniel was on the stage with his violin and effects pedals \u2013 along with <a href=\"http:\/\/sjtucker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">S.J. Tucker<\/a> on vocals. \u00a0I sat in a chair in front of the stage (in a lighted area), triple-veiled. \u00a0That was what people saw as they entered the darkened room. \u00a0Then Sooj read the words I had written down for the welcome, and the music began. \u00a0After that moment, everything took on a different time, space, and feel \u2013 as is typical for invocations\/possessions (at least for me). \u00a0One at a time, I shed each of the veils, moving around the room and engaging the crowd, then I invited them to join me in dance. \u00a0A huge spiral dance began, eventually culminating in the center of the room in an amazing cluster of bodies. Then words came for those who had gathered.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve gotten a lot of positive feedback about the ritual, but some of the most interesting (to me), was that some people weren\u2019t expecting it to be so \u201cdark.\u201d \u00a0This is a bit baffling to me considering Hekate is known as a \u201cdark goddess\u201d and the crossroads aren\u2019t known for being a delicate place. \u00a0Nor would I have considered what was done unusually dark (for me). \u00a0Upon turning those words over now for nearly 2 weeks though, I think it\u2019s about illumination, lighting the darkness. \u00a0We don\u2019t know how dark something is, until we have a torch to light the way \u2013 and perhaps that\u2019s what they meant. Hekate, for all of her underworld associations, does hold a torch in her hand. \u00a0She illuminates and guides us through our own darkness. \u00a0So that we can see it better, face it, and empower ourselves.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-400\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-400\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/654\/2017\/03\/pcon1.jpg\" alt=\"a book! a book!\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>a book! a book!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Oh, I forgot to mention that while taking a break from performing at the Mythpunk Masquerade, I checked my phone to discover a photo from Ari Mankey, showing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/panmankey\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Jason<\/a> holding the galley of my book! I was missing the Llewellyn Suite Meet &amp; Greet! \u00a0Since I was pretty much done performing (with a possibility of doing a few more songs, but more folks were getting up to dance, and there was no space on stage for me), I high-tailed it over the suite to lick my book. \u00a0(No I didn\u2019t actually lick it, but I considered it). \u00a0And OMG bookmarks!<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s been decided that the Witch\u2019s Tools series are all getting new covers, and it\u2019s going to start with my book \u2013 so the image you see here is the old mock-up. \u00a0The new one is fabulous, and I\u2019ll post more about that later.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, after Sunday\u2019s ritual, I was wired until about 3am, so I spent time visiting with friends in their rooms and at the Black Rose suites (one of my favorites to hang out in). \u00a0Somehow I managed to be upright and fairly functional for most of Monday \u2013 which involved battling tremendous rain and flooding to get us out of town. \u00a0Thankfully, we stayed again with family instead of trying to rush home \u2013 and we were rewarded with a gloriously clear and beautiful drive home to Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>To really fully document all of my PantheaCon experiences, I\u2019d have to extend the length of this post by 3-4 times, and no one\u2019s going to read that. (I congratulate you on getting down this far!). \u00a0Overall, I really had a blast this year. \u00a0It seemed very low drama (from my perspective) and I always love seeing friends and meeting new people. \u00a0If you\u2019re looking to network with all sorts of P-words and experience really diverse programming (and soooo many choices), awesome shopping and socializing, then you should start planning to be at PantheaCon next year!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m home! And I have about a dozen blog posts all angling to get out of my brain at the same time. \u00a0I figured the safest thing to do is to release them chronologically. \u00a0So first up is PantheaCon! 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