Connecting With The Elements
Lay down on the Earth. Put your bare feet in the ground. What do you feel?
On May 2nd, I’m holding space, along with Manuel DusSault, for an in-person workshop at Ella Beach in Sooke, BC, to learn the ancient skill of friction fire making.
Starting a fire with friction has been one of the coolest, most-rewarding things I’ve ever learned.
Learning how to start a fire with rubbing two pieces of wood together, is connecting with the source of where everything comes from.
The fire appears, as smoke first, from the mere application of focused attention and intention, combined with skill, and carefully picked and crafter materials.
The fire emerges from what seems to be a place beyond this world that we can perceive, and arrives here as a micro-fire happening in a micr-bundle of wood dust.
Learning to make a fire unlocked possibilities in me that were dormant. And learning to make it with friction fire touched on something so ancestral that I became indigenous to this land.
The Invitation
Join us for an afternoon of villaging at the beach (all ages welcome), forming teams and learning what it takes to work together to start a fire using a bow drill.
Where: Ella Beach, T’sou-ke Nation (Sooke, BC)
When: May 2nd, 2026 — 3 to 5:30 PM (PDT)
Cost: Free
Details & Registration: https://luma.com/67i2udzu
See you there!
Love,
Jorge
P.S.: The current advanced technology cuts of off from learning certain foundational technologies that have been part of humanity for millenia.
These cut creates a certain kind of pain that we carry when these foundational technologies are missing from our life. Read more about it here in my article “The Technolgy Ladder”:
And also here on Technopenuriaphobia on the StartOver world: https://technopenuriaphobia.startover.world/
The one physical object I have from my mother's father - my grandfather - is the hand-held cap he made and used for holding the drill steady while using his bow and drill fire starting kit. It is a hardwood and brass masterpiece, painted red with a black stripe over the middle. I am a nomad since 2016 and I still carry it.