The meaning of euphêmê (pronounced yoú-fê-mê)
Within the Greek pantheon, Euphêmê was the personified spirit of praise, acclamation, and shouts of triumph, often depicted as a divine voice whispering words of encouragement in a moment of doubt or distress. The Apostle Paul used the word, when he wrote an epistle from prison to describe how to draw the Good from a Bad situation
Whispering Words of Encouragement
Life’s traumas come in all shapes and sizes.We often carry within us the burden and stress of those remembrances:
recurring flashes of regret,
wistful wishes to change the past.
Yet we must live in the present…
How can we reconcile past experience
with the present moment?
How can we reframe our points of view?How can we heal ourselves, free ourselves, and walk with confidence every day?
We can apply the principle of euphême,
to draw the Good from a Bad situation.
The concept of euphêmê in every day life
In these times of polarized points of worldview, we apply euphêmê as both a creative and therapeutic form of expression in mimetic performance and participatory dialogue– to enact, express, and explore how to balance and reframe our perspectives to better understand ourselves and each other as we navigate our way through life.
We practice active listening to each other and strive to whisper words of encouragement as we engage in the ancient art of mime dialogues.
Mimêsis & Mime Dialogue
Mimêsis, enacting lived experience
Mimêsis refers to the process of the human mind in its capability to create, imagine, and reframe lived experience, a way of representing the reality of experience in art and literature. Here, we apply it to create and enact remembrance in the context of healing and freeing ourselves from the effects of trauma.
Mime Dialogue, movement as contemplation
We enter the world of remembrance and imagination through the art of mime, as an act of contemplation, thinking deeply about how to draw the Good from a Bad situation.