The 47 Society is an international interest-group that follows the occurence and recurrence of the quintessential random number: 47. Many suspect that the coincidental nature of 47 carries some mystical, metaphysical and/or scientific significance. I had no knowledge of this fact before I posted this… In thirty years of observing hundreds of people working as [...]
Posts Tagged ‘spiritual’
Forty-seven Paths to Play
Posted: 2nd September 2010 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: 47, book, improvisation, playful, self help, spiritual
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Meditation On Your Feet
Posted: 30th August 2010 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: being, improvisation, presence, self help, spiritual
In the fourth video shot in the hills of Trempealeau County Wisconsin the students of Independence High School demonstrate the third exercise of the day: “BEING”; an exercise I like to call meditation on your feet because it bridges the gap from finding being or presence and sharing it outward into the world.
Zenprov – That’s what I’M talking about.
Posted: 1st August 2010 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: book, improvisation, playful, spiritual
I found the improvisational work of Nancy Howl and Walker and Marshal Stern…
The Book – Meet Your Playful Self
Posted: 5th January 2010 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: book, improvisation, self help, spiritual
Meet Your Playful Self Meet Your Playful Self is the title of my book. Meet Your Playful Self engages people in a playful practice for living everyday life. The approach is similar to The Artist’s Way, which was published when the cover of Time magazine read “The Economy: Is There Light at the End of [...]
Meet Your Playful Self – Yes…and,,,
Posted: 26th June 2009 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: book, excerpt, manuscript, self help, spiritual
Excerpt from -Meet Your Playful Self YES….and… The video demonstrates one of the exercises in the “Workshop” section of the book – Meet Your Playful Self Yes…And… The concept of yes…and… is often the spring board into improvisation and creating a spontaneous and engaging dialogue for the players as well as the audience. People working [...]
People at Play – *Zoom *Schwartz*……
Posted: 22nd June 2009 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: book, improvisation, self help, spiritual, video
Excerpt from -Meet Your Playful Self I spent one year teaching in the conservatory at Second City in Chicago where I revisited and reread the work and teachings of Viola Spolin in her book “Improvisation for the Theatre”. Viola Spolin was one of the first great teachers to snatch the word “improvisation” from the hands [...]
Bridge to….
Posted: 4th June 2009 by cord in Muse LaneTags: bridge, poetry.structural poetry, spiritual
What bridge is there ‘ ` ` ` § ` ` ` ‘ a q u e d u c t ‘ ` ` ` § ` ` ` ‘ y o u r s k i n ‘ ` ` ` § ` ` ` ‘ Might be crossed ‘ ` ` ` § [...]