Dada Charms
The idea of exploring the emotional legacy of Dadaism as a lens for understanding the modern psyche was Patricia’s starting point in creating the term “Dada Charms.”
Dada Charms embodies exceptional behavior—unconstrained by reason and logic, relentlessly self-ironic, and unafraid to challenge power and authority. Dada Charms–inspired thinking and acting keeps us vigilant against self-important, irritable, and autocratic tendencies. It expresses a behavioral repertoire that the Caring Trickster within each of us yearns to revive.
Listen to Patricia´s 2024 podcast series about the healing power of Dada Charms impacting nine emotions:
Anger, Sorrow, Beauty, Laughter,Terror, Pride, Disgust, Doubt, Tranquility.
Patricia ´s dialogue partner is Matthew Bellringer.
Dadaism ´s Historical Legacy
Originally Dadaism (Dada) was an art movement of a Europe based artist group in the early 2oth century. Dada´s symbol is the hobby horse, in French lovingly
called dada.
The original formation of activists only lasted from 1916 until 1922. It´s art genres stretched from performing arts to poetry, photography, sculpturing, painting, and bricolage. The founders of the movement were very sensitive to the madness of death, hate and desertedness that the first world war created in the minds and hearts of a whole generation.
You will find earlier and current expressions of Dadaism in art installations and music pieces.
