(I thought I’d put something up before the year is quite over. Sorry about the delay.)
Present: Dale, Jeff B., Barbara, Jeff A.
Dale put up the huge poster version of Marc’s part-2 [rtf] and we all contemplated it for a moment.
Then Dale outlined the first five phases of the Vocal Sequence [pdf]:
- Speak silently.
- Speak normally.
- Slow motion.
- Introjecting.
- Project atmosphere.
We began playing with the VS, using selected phrases from the text. We assume we were getting introjection wrong; Marc was not there to guide us. We also decided that was completely OK. We were just getting our feet wet, and if we developed something useful, so much the better.
After working on the VS as our warmup, we tackled the text. Dale proposed as an exercise to treat the text as a vehicle for performance, unlimited by any reality. We began to color-code themes and strands and actually had an interesting time. We decided to keep our findings to ourselves and spring them on Marc at the next session.
If we need texts, here’s a site: Forgotten Books.
Introjection: Is this a dagger I see before me, it’s handle toward my hand?
At it’s most basic, its “talking to oneself.” But I think the word was also chosen for its psychoanalytic resonance: bringing an object in and making it part of yourself. (Somehow accomplishing that idea–identification being an example, also, along with incorporation–through speaking or some vocalizing expression). Could be a very intimate thing, I imagine.
So … Are we up for this Wednesday, then? What’s the agenda?
Yes, we restart the process on Wednesday.
Agenda: