PACE + PRESENCE (feeling) by JUSTICE

PACE + PRESENCE

justicevonmaur — 2022-07-03 14:51:56 UTC

(feeling)

about moving at whatever pace that allows you to be the most present in your feeling

feeling fully = an entrypoint into systems change

justicevonmaur — 2022-07-03 14:56:15 UTC

presence “enacts not just an attitude and a defiant stance, but also a way of knowing and being in the world that asks us to rethink and unlearn some of the limitations imposed by Western thought and education.” - Diana Taylor

presence

justicevonmaur — 2022-07-03 14:56:31 UTC

feeling

justicevonmaur — 2022-07-03 14:59:23 UTC

justicevonmaur — 2022-07-03 14:59:57 UTC

“as we begin to recognize our deepest feelings, we begin to give up, of necessity, being satisfied with suffering... and with the numbness which so often seems like [the] only alternative.” - Audre Lorde

pace

justicevonmaur — 2022-07-03 15:01:53 UTC

justicevonmaur — 2022-07-03 15:02:12 UTC

“there is always enough time for the right work.” - a.m.b.

justicevonmaur — 2022-07-03 15:04:15 UTC

“do you ever feel guilty when you rest?... where does that guilt come from?... how much can you take? How fast? And with how little sustenance can you work? My Ancestors lived inside the systemic shackles of these questions and often died under their oppressive weight.” - Octavia Raheem

improvisation

justicevonmaur — 2022-07-03 15:09:29 UTC

justicevonmaur — 2022-07-03 15:10:40 UTC

Anarchism “is to perceive possibilities not yet recognizable; it hints at what might be, as modes of living and relation that are unthinkable in the old frameworks” - Saidiya Hartman

justicevonmaur — 2022-07-03 15:12:05 UTC

“Waywardness is an ongoing exploration of what might be; it is an improvisation with the terms of social existence… It is the untiring practice of trying to live when you were never meant to survive.” - Saidiya Hartman

Improv On and Off The Stage

justicevonmaur — 2022-07-03 15:14:10 UTC

Shannon Stott teaches improvisation to ALL folks, as a means of practicing relationships and community building.
https://www.shannonstott.com

justicevonmaur — 2022-07-03 15:20:30 UTC

“Pace is political.” - Kate Johnson

Emergentheatre Toolkit

justicevonmaur — 2022-07-03 15:25:11 UTC

Definition:
Emergentheatre is a black feminist systems change theory

Lineage (3 big ideas):
1. Black feminist thought: the HOW is as important as the WHAT
2. Emergent strategy: small shapes big and vice versa
3. Performance theory: humanness is a set of iterated performances

Seeds:
1. To make better theatre we must be better people
2. (Emergen)theatre can be used to make us better people
3. What is the 'root' of theatre?
4. How to make emergent strategy practice-able?

GUIDANCE for ur group

justicevonmaur — 2022-07-03 15:29:51 UTC

5 minutes:
- Spend 5 minutes exploring this Padlet asynchronously.
- Return to Zoom breakout room.

5 minutes:
- Each person share one phrase or idea from this Padlet that is making you think.
- As a group, create one question in response to this Padlet. Write it down.
- Seek to answer your question until time is up.