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"Inspection and interviews. Close personal observation and talking with long term residents. It's a hard thing, really, to erase a trail. A lot of information can be recovered if you stay at it." "Of course, but nobody has the time for this kind of field-work anymore. That's unfortunate, because this information is what we need, you know. This shows history and how people fit the places they occupy It's about what gets erased and what comes to replace it. These maps reveal the foundations beneath the ephemera." ( from The Mappists in Light Action in the Caribbean by Barry Lopez ) - See: 3Life :: note :: ... maps & time ...

sent the question: Imagination is .... out to the twitterverse received this answer: imagination is ... copy left not right! ;-) - See: 3Life :: note :: ... openness is the beginning ...

"These two concepts, practice and play, taken at their most serious and most spiritual, was what Grotowski gave his life to. " "Grotowski's effects on theatre flow from three ideas that he identified, explored, and attempted to systematize. First, that powerful acting occurs at a meeting place between the personal and the archetypal-in this he continued and deepened the work of Stanislavsky. Second, that the most effective theatre is the "poor theatre" - one with a minimum of accoutrements beyond the presence of the actors. Third, that theatre is intercultural, differentiating and relating performance "truths" in and from many cultures. He explored these ideas over a lifetime of scrupulous work with people, work that was precise, detailed, systematic, physical; a set of practices more than a colloquium of ideas or beliefs. His writings can appear inspirational or opaque. But working with him was another matter altogether. " ( TDR/ Drama Revie...

"We all lead three lives, an actual one, an imaginary one, and the one we are not aware of." ( - Thomas Berhard. On the Mountain. p 8 ) My question is how do all these lives entwine and practices which encourage awareness of these lives. Tagged 3life - See: 3Life :: note :: ... responding to Chris : "I'm going to be thinking and reflecting over the next 30 days on this question and I invite you to choose a question and engage in a research project as well." ...