Well, another fantastic experience at the Chicago Applied Improvisation Network conference. The group there is a “perfect storm” of positive energy — smart business people, with heart seeking to save the world, who are silly & fun.
Highlight #1 — running my creative writing workshop, Adventures in Micro-Fiction. The theory is to emphasize the experience of writing, rather than the content. Focus first on creation, and analyze and re-write later. I’ve adapted some theatre games to writing, and the whole thing is organized like the famous “Harold“, a stage performance form. Read a participant’s thoughts about the work here.
Highlight #2 — to close the conference, I facilitated an exercise where the group (about 50 of us) formed a chain or living sculpture in the middle of the room. People had the choice of making eye contact, or simple physical contact (back to back, or hand on shoulder) with a colleague. Whatever kind of contact, freeze, and hold it… for 5 minutes. I looked at the sculpture as a map of our connectedness, a topography of our relatedness. After 5 minutes, we returned to our seats in the circle, and opened the floor for closing comments. The chain/sculpture/map was a powerful way to say, “The time for doing & making the conference is over; all that’s left now is our togetherness. What and how is that?”. The exercise was designed by Rita Venturini as part of her diversity and relationship workshop, Touch Peace.cialis availability in uk? Coumadin Cealis buy cialis online now;