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“So, how do you know what tricks you want to include? There seems so much to choose from, you know?” “Well, I always start with the character, the star of the show,” he said. “So, to me, Drummond is the James Bond of magic, right? If James Bond did magic—the Daniel Craig version, a little rough but still composed—how would that look? How would he a
... See moreIan Frisch • Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians
But what was most unusual was how Pesso created tableaus—or as he called them, “structures”—of the protagonists’ past. As the narratives unfolded, group participants were asked to play the roles of significant people in the protagonists’ lives, such as parents and other family members, so that their inner world began to take form in three-dimension
... See moreBessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The work of the human imagination may be understood as a dynamic process composed of five moments, and the practice of artist-leadership continually moves among them. These are the following: (1) conscious conflict (held in relationship), (2) pause, (3) image or insight, (4) re-patterning, (5) interpretation/testimony and testing.
Sharon Daloz Parks • Leadership Can Be Taught: A Bold Approach for a Complex World
Every piece of lecture should be paired with an exercise which attacks the same topic from a more interactive direction.
Devin Hunt • The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
Even when children are taught music, the usual problem often arises: too much emphasis is placed on how they perform, and too little on what they experience. Parents who push their children to excel at the violin are generally not interested in whether the children are actually enjoying the playing; they want the child to perform well enough to att
... See moreMihaly Csikszentmihalyi • Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
Although there is very clearly a role for repetitive and sometimes boring drills in getting better at a specific skill, all elite movers attain their status not just through boring drudgery, but through playful creativity, exploration and variation.
Todd Hargrove • A Guide to Better Movement: The Science and Practice of Moving With More Skill and Less Pain
Whatever work we do to engage people in making change can be deepened and expanded if it has play at its heart.
Rob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
Drama is a test-bed on which we can test and confront our darkest impulses under laboratory conditions; where we can experience the desires without having to confront the consequences. Drama enables us to peer into the soul, not of the person who has driven his father out onto the heath, but the person who has wanted to.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Often, during a lecture segment, you’ll use a bit of creative storytelling, metaphor, or examples. These narrative stepping-stones are excellent candidates for some