Culture of Silence | Thursday Breakfast #17

During December’s Thursday Breakfast, we will look at culture from the perspective of silence, calm, and mindfulness. We will consider whether cultural institutions can be spaces that do not add further stimuli, but rather promote calm, reflection, and regeneration.

We will talk about how to create activities that support mindfulness, how to respond to the growing need to “be in silence,” and how to incorporate elements of care, peace, and balance into the daily practice of institutions.

The guest of the meeting will be Agnieszka Zakrzewska – theater educator, cultural animator, trainer, life enthusiast, associated with the Provincial Center for Cultural Animation in Toruń and the Local Activity Center “Willa z pasją” (Villa with Passion). For years, she has been creating spaces where theater meets mindfulness and culture becomes a tool for development and inner regeneration. She conducts workshops and projects that promote silence, reflection, and authentic contact—with oneself and with others.

During the Breakfast, in addition to conversation, we will invite participants to take part in simple exercises related to calming down. Thanks to this, the meeting will not only be an opportunity for reflection, but also for personal experience of how culture can support peace, mindfulness, and inner balance.