Five to seven is ideal
Check-in rooms stay small, usually five to seven people, so a circle remains a circle.
How it works
The Jam is structured enough to be safe and spacious enough to stay alive.
Every gathering has a rhythm: orientation (for new Jammers), opening check-ins, activation, open Jam time, closing check-outs, and optional integration.
4-hour Total Container
| Length | Movement | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| 30 minutes | Orientation / soft landing | Required for new jammers; open as a refresh for returning jammers. |
| 30 minutes | Opening + check-ins | Facilitators welcome the field, then jammers check in through small hourglass rooms. |
| Flexible | Optional activation | A simple offering: song, poem, movement, meditation, silence, visual prompt, or blessing. This time is within the two-hour Open Jam window. |
| 2 hours | Open Jam | Parallel creation, Home Room, open rooms, closed rooms, drift, Bell, witness, privacy, and rest. |
| 30 minutes | Closing circle & check-outs | Checkout rooms and final words. The Jam closes what it opened. |
| 30 minutes | Open integration optional | Unstructured Home Room time for landing, reflection, laughter, questions, or quiet. |
Opening + closing
Check-ins are small enough for people to actually be met.
When the group is larger than a small circle, Art Jam Earth splits check-ins and checkouts into balanced rooms. Each room has a facilitator of the day and an hourglass that gives everyone an equal vessel of time. The hourglass is not a productivity timer: A jammer may speak, sit silently, pass, or complete their turn early. Time is held gently so the room can breathe.
Silence counts
Whether you have something to say with words, with emotion, with your art, or nothing at all, we're here to welcome you and receive you where you are today.
Open integration
After the official close, the Home Room stays open for an optional 30-minute landing. This is a time where Jammers can connect, share their art, and stay in space with others before drifting on to the rest of their day.
Open Jam time
A village of small studios, hearths, and offerings.
For roughly two hours, everyone is invited to create, witness, or just be. Jammers choose their own level of visibility, sound, privacy, and movement through the sanctuary.
Home Room
The central hearth. You can stay here the whole time and have a complete Jam.
Open rooms
Come in. Drift. Stay or go. Witnessing is welcome and visible.
Closed rooms
I am creating here. Please do not enter. Closed means truly closed.
Drift
Move between open rooms like walking through a village, not operating a dashboard.
The Bell
A soft invitation when someone is beginning an offering. Rare enough to matter.
Presence states
Video and audio are yours to open or close. Camera off becomes a warm glowing portal.
Nothing is forced
Participation is invited, never extracted.
Make privately, join an offering, witness quietly, close your video, open your room, or stay by the hearth. All are complete ways to be inside the Jam.
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