Thoughts and Ideas 4/3
CONVERSATION Starter
Story and memory. Detail and effect. Have you ever noticed a time when your memory of an event didn't match someone else's? Your review of a performance didn't match? Have you ever read an intention into a behavior that someone else read differently? How easy is it to change what you believe, change your story? Two partial overheard lines, 'it's what you notice', and 'we track the world for...' caused me to wonder about the cause of our bias to notice and unconsciously track the world in a skewed way. Evaluate and discuss, can we chose to notice and track differently?
Exploratory
Make a short variation. Film yourself and have a partner watch. Ask yourself and your partner separately, 'What do you see?' Compare differences in what you notice. Discuss. Watch again for the things your partner noticed. Change something within the variation, film and have a partner watch. Ask separately again "What do you see? Compare, re-watch, continue the game. Discuss .
Escape and Inspiration
Art: The 'Annual New Mexico Photographic Art Show', free at Expo New Mexico, in the Fine Arts Bldg., 300 San Pedro Dr. NE, 10-5 through April 18, closed Monday, Easter.
Art: The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, is presenting 'Nikon Small World', the premier celebration of microscopic photography, through April 30th. $8 9-5 W-M
Art: Harwood Arts Center's annual exhibit, 'Encompass', includes five exhibitions focusing on remembrance and renewal, through April 13th. 1114 7th St. NW
Dance: UNM Theater and Dance department announces a special performance of Jérôme Bel, A Lecture-Performance, April 7th at the Elizabeth Waters Center for Dance at the University of New Mexico, 301 Yale Blvd NE, April 8th at 7:30 in Wise Fool New Mexico, 1131 Siler Rd B, in Santa Fe
Upcoming Dance: Festival Ballet's 'Sacred Journeys IV, April 21-23 at NHCC https://www.nhccnm.org/event/festival-ballet-albuquerque-sacred-journeys-iv/ ,
Upcoming Dance: UNM student dance concert "Fearsome Creatures" April 28-May 6 https://finearts.unm.edu/event/fearsome-creatures/ .
Relaxing: Sit in a park, read and/or people watch. Notice gesture. Generate ideas.
Need a book recommendation? My next book is "Disoriental" by Négar Djavadi.
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