Humility: January 20-22nd, 2023
Bill Viola, Room for St John of the Cross, Installation 1983
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In preparation for the session 'Humility' please complete the following.
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1 - Watch each of the 6 videos below, if possible one a day running consecutively for 6 days.
2 - Carry the impression of each video with you as you move through your day.
3 - At the end of the day, sit in silence and remember the video. When you feel you have fully remembered write, speak, dance or move to each video, you can also find a short text or a poem to accompany each video. |
4 - Go back to the video of that morning, close your eyes and listen only to the sounds that accompany the video. 5 - Watch again and turn off the volume . What do you notice? |
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6 - Consider the link between the video, the text you have written or chosen (see 3), and your body.
7 - Think about your relationship to the earth and how you move through the landscape. 8 - Think about the elements and how they relate to you, your body, the earth. 9 - When you have completed the exercises, write up to 500 words about your experience, which might include the following questions.
- What do the videos and the exercises tell you about humility? - Is there one video that speaks louder than the others? - What does humility 'feel' like to you? - How does humility surface in your personal story? |