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What does it mean to be aware?
Is consciousness something we possess, or something we participate in?

On the evening of 26th May, join us in the Theatre AV Room at Canterbury Cathedral Lodge for a live, three-way conversation exploring one of the most enduring and elusive questions of human experience: the nature of awareness itself.

Across art, theology, and literature, three speakers will each offer a short, distilled reflection drawing from their own disciplines and lived practice. This is before opening into a lively, unscripted dialogue with one another and with you.

Dr Simon Wilson — Senior Lecturer and Lead for several BA Theology modules — brings a theological and philosophical lens shaped by years of teaching, research, and engagement with religious traditions.
Edward Breen — writer and literature scholar — approaches the theme through language, narrative, and the delicate space where words begin to fall silent.
Antonello Mirone — artist and Buddhist contemplative — explores how image, symbolism, and meditative traditions attempt to render the invisible perceptible.

Expect an evening that is thoughtful yet accessible, serious yet playful where ideas are tested in real time and meaning unfolds in conversation.

The setting — an intimate theatre space within the Cathedral Lodge — provides full AV, microphones, and a comfortable atmosphere conducive to reflection.

Tea, coffee, and biscuits will be available (because even metaphysical inquiry benefits from good hospitality).
Whether you come from a background in art, faith, philosophy, meditation or simple curiosity this evening invites you to slow down, listen deeply, and participate in a shared inquiry into what it is to be awake.