Hey Guys; thought I would get in one more entry before I leave.
This one I may focus on a bit more while I'm traveling; in Writing as a Sacred Path, on July 23rd Jill wrote about observing and handling tension in writing and real life. Writing her observations as a peer was ignored during a recital before the rest of the class, by her professor. She brought up a few interesting questions.
When observing something like this we ask "What is he doing?" or "What do I do?" There is confusion, doubt and so much more!
Jill suggested Homework:
Try this: spend at least a week keeping a journal of small moments of
tension. Train yourself to become aware of them and jot them down when
you experience them or witness them in others. Then work on creating
scenes around those moments. What gave rise to the miscommunication or
discomfort? How did you and others feels when it happened? What do
people's reactions to the small moments tell us about them?
So I'm going to do it; at worst it will help me improve how I communicate and since I am starting my job on the 1st of October I'll have a lot to observe. At the least I'll post that sort of exercise entry as "Journal: Tension." If I post it here, I'll likely scribble it out long hand.
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