The importance of collaboration

Two workshops again today - with Tee working in the morning on Chinese opera staging techniques. I missed the first forty-five minutes calling every number I had plus others in order to find my missing baggage (with a vague promise of delivery in "the next two days"). But Tee puts us right in there, solving problems, finding staging solutions under the rules which we learned yesterday. Today's scenarios included using multiple locations, still in a 10' x 10' square!! Talk about a challenge. Body posture and focus are SO important.

It's really the evening session that really highlighted some things for me today. We had two collaborations during this session with Liz and they could not have been more different. The first, was attentive, team centered work, with all of us listening, sharing and coming up with an idea that incorporated all of our individual points of view, with a result that was moving and representative of each of the four of us. The second collaboration was much less fruitful and significantly less open, with the five group members vying for voice and attention.

Heavy rain again today with brick oven made pizza for dinner (and pork ribs!!). I have a invitation to visit Seoul with friends Jung and Sam anytime. Another full day tomorrow with Tee and Liz!