Session 4 - I am developing a bond with the participants. The routine of having 1.5h time slots with 7 individuals each week begins to wear in.
Rest
I notice too how the …
Everything under process
A cheat sheet with different scenarios that I can fall back on while moving in the space. Session 2 and 3
After meeting everyone, I had a lot more information to work with. It became clear that there will be as many different processes as there are participants, although I could recycle and distribute elements that I’ve tried in one session to another. Just as I consequently keep the body …
On Documenting
With the participants coming for their sessions, I had to think of a way to capture those moments. And ideally in an interesting way. At the very first meeting, I had an audio recorder laying on the table, but I never dared to ask if it was okay to record …
Narrate and record
Take a piece of your writing and tweak it until it flows. Narrate it out loud and correct where necessary. Now record your narration. What happens to the story when it's read out? Does it work like this? Are there any gaps or distracting sidetracks? Could you add some ambience …
Thinking of effect
Ask yourself or someone else the question: When thinking about the art you'd like to bring, what kind of feelings would you want to generate among people? Take a piece of paper and a couple minutes to write down what comes to your mind.
What do you want?
Ask yourself or someone else the question: What do you want? Take a piece of paper and 10 minutes to write down what comes to your mind. This question/exercise is good for the very beginning of a process of expression, as it can help to formulate desires. Take the …
Wunderfrage
The ‘Wunderfrage’ is a classic coaching question in which someone is asked to envision the outcome of a process. One can help the other imagine a scenario in which there was a showing moment among peers at the end of a creative process, where you are having a drink and …
Session 1
This item covers the preparation of the first session, how it went with the individual participants and some first reflections. The idea of meeting the participants for the first time felt like getting ready for the first day of school. But then, I was the one welcoming them into my …