Hi Viv, I like the playful touch of your ponderings. For me, spontaneity is my achillies heel (or one of them). Spontaneity has brought me the most joy I have ever experienced. It has also brought me the most pain I have ever experienced. Because it is such a big part of me, it also exists greatly in my dealings with friends and colleagues in virtual space. So many times I hit the "send" button and then wish I could take it back, wishing I had not been spontaneous---alas, it is not possible. I then quickly pray to my angels and ask them to take care of the message for me. If it isn't to find its way, I hope it doesn't. And with that taken care of, I continue to allow my spontaneity to flow, in most circumstances. Do I get equal joy and equal pain in virtual space from my spontaneity. For sure. That then is where improvisation kicks in---living like I do, it is necessary for my survival, frequently :-)
I hope you get good discussion from putting this out. Birgitt ---------- > From: Viv McWaters <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Spontaneity and Improvisation > Date: April 23, 1998 10:30 PM > > Hello everyone > > I've been thinking about spontaneity and improvisation - two aspects of my > life I'm keen on developing (in myself and with others). We practice > spontaneity and improvisation every day - even though we may not recognise > it. We have no idea when we wake up each morning what the day holds or what > conversations we may have. Yet many people are wary and declare they are > not interested in improvisation in particular. > > (This interest has been reignited by forming an 'instant' playback theatre > troup at a professional development workshop last weekend. Only two of us > had any experience of playback previously - yet the others learnt the > techniques and willingly did a 'public' performance to close the workshop. > We had great fun, and learnt a lot about ourselves, especially about > stretching those self-imposed boundaries we build for ourselves.) > > I've been aware that writing to a list like this one requires a far more > measured and considered approach. Once something is committed to an e-mail > it's done, and there is a significant time lag if someone misinterprets > what I say. It's a dialogue in slow motion I suppose, without the > advantages of seeing someone's body language. > > I participate in three on-line discussion groups: Action Learning, Open > Space and Hawkesbury Agriculture and Rural Development Post-Graduates. I'm > sending this same e-mail to each one and will be very interested in your > thoughts. > > Maybe we can learn how to encourage spontaneity and improvisation in the > virtual world - and maybe something about ourselves as well. > > Cheers > > Viv > > > > Viv McWaters > Integra Pty Ltd > 45 Valentine Street, Ivanhoe 3079 > Victoria Australia > Ph/Fax: 61 3 9499 9300 > > "Thus the task is not so much to see what no-one yet has seen, but to think > what nobody yet has thought about that which everyone sees." Schopenhauer
