I think the idea of an island ritual is really cool. (I also think it’s a fine thing to try one year even if it turns out not to make sense as a permanent thing)
One of the things that feels hesitationy/cruxy to me is that I think it requires a larger team than one might expect (even after an intuitive scale-up from the normal Summer Solstices).
I think an issue with Summer Solstice is that it requires a lot of basic logistical infrastructure to be “basically functional” / “Maslow Hierarchy level 1.” And this ends up consuming most of the energy to run it. I think in recent years there hasn’t been much spare capacity for planning ritual aspects.
A thing I expect with Angel Island is that you’ll need even more infrastructure to be “basically functional” (handling Ferry rides, making sure to have more food than usual, etc). And then developing ritual that really capitalizes on the island will be an additional large batch of effort. So I expect it to need more like 3x the amount of organizers, rather than (what I might naively guess) of 2x.
I think the idea of an island ritual is really cool. (I also think it’s a fine thing to try one year even if it turns out not to make sense as a permanent thing)
One of the things that feels hesitationy/cruxy to me is that I think it requires a larger team than one might expect (even after an intuitive scale-up from the normal Summer Solstices).
I think an issue with Summer Solstice is that it requires a lot of basic logistical infrastructure to be “basically functional” / “Maslow Hierarchy level 1.” And this ends up consuming most of the energy to run it. I think in recent years there hasn’t been much spare capacity for planning ritual aspects.
A thing I expect with Angel Island is that you’ll need even more infrastructure to be “basically functional” (handling Ferry rides, making sure to have more food than usual, etc). And then developing ritual that really capitalizes on the island will be an additional large batch of effort. So I expect it to need more like 3x the amount of organizers, rather than (what I might naively guess) of 2x.