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Location: Adelaide, Australia
so what is this dark syncronisity i hear you say
a dark movement is one in which vision plays no part, the movement is felt and experienced through tactile sensations, this enhances control and focus.
a syncronised movement is one where the transition between the staff being out of contact with the body to in contact occurs seemlessly as if the path upon which it travelled where apart of the person.
videos to follow shortly
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourself, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous and talented? Who are you NOT to be?
old hand
834 posts
Location: Wellington somerset, UK
tease!
ummm, what can i think of which is like such, well the dark movment stuff i can get, well you know what i mean......
and sync stuff, hummm, might have to go and play:)
damned having to mow lawns, damned nests of flying ants
Drawings by chalk minds, strech between the stars
Kyle Mclean-
Contact without dance is like sex without wiggling.
A) it does feel as good
B) it does not look as good on film
Flying Water Muppet
5,276 posts
Location: Edin-borrow., United Kingdom
doesn't this just mean like, closing your eyes and doing contact and [censored]?
WTF?
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old hand
834 posts
Location: Wellington somerset, UK
probibly yes!
would be good to see the video tho, rather than just promised it with no follow through :P
Drawings by chalk minds, strech between the stars
Kyle Mclean-
Contact without dance is like sex without wiggling.
A) it does feel as good
B) it does not look as good on film
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
contact with closed eyes may possibly recieve a better reaction.
Laugh Often, Smile Much, Post lolcats Always
371 posts
Location: Edinburgh
Contact with closed eyes feels great, It's a bit hard to do at workshops though. As for synchoristy or however the hell you spell it I'm assuming that's where your body just happens to move along a line that continues the path of a thrown staff?
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,099 posts
Location: Bideford and Bath, United Kingdom
contact with your eyes shut is indeed very cool. i do it all the time and it helps getting the flow of moves too
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water based
5,125 posts
Location: melbourne, Australia
its all magnets, or maybe ben is really a puppet, controlled by an invisible dark overlord.
maybe...
cheers, pete
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what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls.
4,030 posts
Location: Bali, Australia
Howdy Ben,
U and ur wacky names...
Think what your getting at here is important though.
I once met a German lady who was making the most remarkable sculptures. She was 80 something, had only been learning for two years, and had been blind her entire life.
A little tip if ur williing to go to the point of practicing a bit blind:
Try using a blindfold. The shift away from visual processing is much stronger when you don't even have the OPTION of opening your eyes. Obviously, take care where you do this
Fine dates & Camel milk,
Kyle
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
Living it up
363 posts
Location: Brisbane/Berlin, Australia
Whoopsy
Next I'll be posting funny stories about Knoxy's childhood...
Contact without dance is like sex without wiggling.
A) it does feel as good
B) it does not look as good on film
what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls.
4,030 posts
Location: Bali, Australia
Oi I don't post stories about Knoxy's childhood! He'd kill me!
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,749 posts
Location: Europe,Scotland,Both
humm,
i got something similar with contact balls, its called "deep stupidity" but its pretty cool catching a btb to elbow stall blind....
T
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old hand
834 posts
Location: Wellington somerset, UK
tried playing compleatly blindfolded.
that is something else, was actually quite supprising to see that i knew where i was, even with throws and stuff, boubles pattens become quite confusing, but the "feeling" for space that you have to bring in can be quite intersting
Drawings by chalk minds, strech between the stars
Kyle Mclean-
Contact without dance is like sex without wiggling.
A) it does feel as good
B) it does not look as good on film
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,964 posts
Location: Southampton - Possibly..., United Kingdom
Written by: newgabe
Oi I don't post story's about Knoxy's childhood! He'd kill me!
we dont need stories about his childhood Gabe, hes doing pretty well at creating great stories now.............
Seeing him on stage at the weekend was priceless..... if only i had a camera, you would have been proud!
He looks great in a dress
*waits for bens video*
"...We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing......."
what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls.
4,030 posts
Location: Bali, Australia
Oh yeah, he's always looked good in a dress. Did he tell you about going on stage at age 14 as Shirley Temple in a blue dress and blonde wig singing the Good Ship Lollipop ?!? At his somewhat macho high school
And getting away with it!
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
Living it up
363 posts
Location: Brisbane/Berlin, Australia
Written by: newgabe
Oi I don't post story's about Knoxy's childhood! He'd kill me!
Contact without dance is like sex without wiggling.
A) it does feel as good
B) it does not look as good on film
what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls.
4,030 posts
Location: Bali, Australia
oooh now Kyle
Good to see you back under your own name And you do know that
is exactly how the Boy would look if he caught me posting bout him!see ya in the kitchen! We can trade funny looks and fall about laughing
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
5,300 posts
Location: everywhere
come on ben, sort it out and either tell us that this isn't just stick with closed eyes or wow us with a lovely video.....
x
R
Holistic Spinner (I hope)
5,300 posts
Location: everywhere
and if you're going to go around doling out names, make sure you remember to put the 'h' in where it's supposed to be
Holistic Spinner (I hope)
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
^^ omg i completely missed that too, roberto!
anyhoo, kudos to you Ben for your use of evocative naming - it appears that one person's poetry is another's train schedule.
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Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Synchronicity doesn't actually mean synchronise or anything like that...its all about so called coincidences.
Synchronicity is a word created by the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung to describe the alignment of "universal forces" with the life experiences of an individual. Jung believed that many experiences perceived as coincidences were not merely due to chance, but instead reflected the creation of an event or circumstance by the "co-inciding" or alignment of such forces. The process of becoming intuitively aware and acting in harmony with these forces is what Jung labeled "individuation." Jung said that an individuated person would actually shape events around them through the communication of their consciousness with the collective unconscious.
Jung spoke of synchronicity as being an "acausal connecting principle" (ie. a pattern of connection that is not explained by causality).
Still wiggling
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Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Getting to the other side 
old hand
834 posts
Location: Wellington somerset, UK
Drawings by chalk minds, strech between the stars
Kyle Mclean-
Contact without dance is like sex without wiggling.
A) it does feel as good
B) it does not look as good on film
Stream Entrant
2,829 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
was jung a greek ?
synchronicity = coincidence
synchronized = to occur at the same time; be simultaneous. To operate in unison. Greek sunkhronizein, to be contemporary, from sunkhronos, contemporaneous.
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
Stream Entrant
2,829 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
was jung a greek ?
synchronicity = coincidence
synchronized = to occur at the same time; be simultaneous. To operate in unison. Greek sunkhronizein, to be contemporary, from sunkhronos, contemporaneous.
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls.
4,030 posts
Location: Bali, Australia
Carl Gustav Jung was Swiss
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
thanks star!! i learned something useful today!
jung's concept of synchronicity resonates with that recurring sense of deja vu i have....
*apologies* ben! we'll talk contact on your thread soon yeh?
it spose it would be more considerate to link to a fresh social discussion thread on modern psychoanalysis/llama jokes instead of leading this thread further off-topic..
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was Jung a geek?
Holistic Spinner (I hope)
Still wiggling
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Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Getting to the other side
addict
449 posts
Location: Australia
Written by: bluecat
was Jung a geek?
Well he did have glasses. NARRRR. Then again, he was good with the ladies. Maybe he was one of those geeks who pulled the chicks.
Dark synchronicity eh? Maybe that happens when you creatively visualise bad things happening. I know I'm not game to try it :P.
Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
if you wish to discuss this further, i've started a thread in Social Discussion
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