Connectedness

What have been your experiences of "connectedness"? The concept is an interesting one in life and in the arts. Feeling connected to the world around you. Feeling connected to your fellow friends and family.

What does it mean to be "in touch" with yourself.

On stage, a cast tends to be in touch when there is a high degree of physical and emotional trust in each other. There is comfort with physical contact, with eye contact.

Trust seems to be important and, over time, trust in a cast increases.

Where there is too much caution, a cast can feel "disconnected" and the dialogue can be clumsy and stilted.

Creating connection may involve taking risks, and here the ghosts of our personal life - our bad experiences of connection can limit our "Performance" - both in life and on the stage.

Related Links

There's a fascinating paper here:

http://www.geoman.com/jim/synchronicity.html

Synchronicity and Acausal Connectedness

by
Jim Fournier
Spring 1997

Some really interesting ideas here about principles of cnnectedness:

http://www.newthought.net/principles.htm

from the New Thought Network.

I think these ideas point towards new ways of engaging with each other inlife, but also on the stage!