2009 17th WOSonOS
OPEN SPACE REPORT FORM
Topic Name: Let’s play Improv
Topic Number: 4F
Convenor: ET
Participants (including Bumble Bees): Lee, Zhi-Wei, Tara, Jessie, Shawn, Guis, Wong, Isac
Insights, Questions Raised, Possible Actions, Recommendations, etc :
l Improv spirit : Yes, And; Celebrate mistakes ; focus at the moment
l Don’t think too much and accept the ideas from your partner/s
l Gradually, group’s own pace and rhythm will form
l Prepare to be surprised
l Accept others’ ideas and add on to them
l Enjoy a good time
l Struggle during spontaneity, but it was a good challenge and fun
l Where can Improv used in OST ?
l The spirit of ‘Be Present’ is very different when you are a player or as an observer.
l To enjoy the spirit of ‘Be Present’, being fully involved in the game is the best way to experience it.
l Can learn about each other more in a deeper sense, and therefore, a feeling of teamwork
l Age or the experience of Improv has nothing to do with how well can you be present at the moment
l A total newcomer who has no idea what Improv is can present so many fresh ideas and creativity
l One can not fully multi tasks and perform well in all the things (一心不能二用 ; 要全心全意的做事情)
l 專注在別人的手而不是只有自己的手 (Focus on others’ and not just my own)
l One must forget himself/herself to be totally in the situation and be present (只有忘了自我, 那才能進入狀況)
l You can raise your self-awareness when doing Improv
l It seems that our education really train people to be following certain guidelines/boxes, which can be blocking the creativity sometimes
l Sometimes creativity appears when in a sense of urgency
l From the ‘playing’ process, I can know people better and draw us closer to each other(從玩當中, 可以與人認識, 跟人更親近)
l Improv experience can generate some new feeling that you did not have before (在遊戲中可以有一些新的感覺)
l I just come to this session because of curiosity, the warm up at the beginning was good. There was no feeling of awkwardness or embarrassment usually might exist among people you don’t know well (有點好奇想試試, 不知 Improv 是什麼. 開始的暖身很好, 不會有尷尬或不好意思怕出糗的感覺)
l 眼神傳達練習讓你以非語言的方式表達出來, 而且有目標感 (The passing of eye contact exercise let you use another way to express yourself and not words, it also has a sense of purpose)
l When I am passing my term to another person in the group, at that moment, it seemed that my whole world was only that person and I, then I can really SEE that person. It was a good way to be focus on one thing (一種專注的方法, 這時就會真正看到對方)
l Ono thing can really lead to another with the spirit of Yes, And and then always prepare to be surprised to learn new thing and open up new perspective from each other
l Ideas become richer from group’s wisdom
l Being an observer can be so involved too and be part of the whole group
