JUST A REMINDER WHAT WE'RE ABOUT

JOIN US IN DOCUMENTING NORTH FLORIDA

"Tell me the landscape in which you live, and I will tell you who you are," says Jose Ortega y Gasset.

Our North Florida Center for Documentary Studies, Inc., aims to record in writing and photographs the cultural strengths and beauty of our people and the landscape in which they live.

Thank you for your interest and support. Please check back for updates. We are planning ferociously.

scauthen
www.sudyecauthen.com

25 OCTOBER 2008 - STEPHEN FOSTER STATE FOLKLIFE CENTER

SEE HERE WHAT'S MEANT BY "ILLUMINATION OF THE COMMONPLACE."This photo comes from my neighbor Robert Baxter who has a good camera and an excellent eye; here, rain on the leaves of the mimosa, Albizia julibrissin.

Here in White Springs, on 25 October 2008, our state park will celebrate its Second Annual Healing Arts Festival at which I've been invited to speak. See details at

http://www.floridastateparks.org/stephenfoster/Events.cfm

and join us if you can. The First Annual Healing Arts Festival drew 300 people. When you see what's offered, you'll know why.

For my part, I'm working on something tentatively titled, "The Idea of Sacred Space at White Springs." Where this might go I'm not yet certain (which is what makes the work interesting), but this is a topic I explore from time to time and now am tailoring to this particular audience.

Would love to see you there - Saturday, 25 October 2008, just a few days after I go to Valdosta State University on Tuesday, 21 October. In the meantime, look for me at my blog, “MORE SOUTHERN COMFORTS: Off Road in North Florida.” (sudyecauthen.blogspot.com)

FIRST DONOR - NFCDS, INC.

We don't yet have our fundraising plan in place but this week The North Florida Center for Documentary Studies, Inc. received its first contribution and, along with her check, our contributor sent a note that read "This is not a final check. I intend to be a supporter."

This unsolicited contribution and the words accompanying it are both encouragement and inspiration to NFCDS's officers, Florence Van Arnam, Frank Cellon, and me. More soon on the fundraising; I think we can make it fun. Many thanks to you, First Donor; we appreciate the confidence you have placed in us.

scauthen
www.sudyecauthen.com
cauthen4196@earthlink.net

THE INTENT OF THIS BLOG:

The North Florida Center for Documentary Studies, Inc., its officers and friends are presently studying options for fundraising that will cover the work of the Center and get the next book out as soon as possible. Please visit HERE for further information. If you have suggestions regarding fundraising or would like to contribute, please write to us at cauthen4196@earthlink.net

Thank you for your interest in our efforts to document and celebrate North Florida's people and their relationships to the land.

(In the meantime, here's a moth sent this morning by my friend Jen Fone of Jacksonville, FL.)

sudyecauthen
www.sudyecauthen.com

EVENTS/UPDATES

UPDATES: Here you will find times/places of exhibitions and readings from The North Florida Center for Documentary Studies, Inc.