[OSList] How to prepare to be surprised?

Tenneson Woolf tenneson at berkana.org
Wed Apr 4 18:20:01 PDT 2012


Further to this from Robert Poynton's book on Improv, "Let go. Notice more. Use everything."

Tenneson


On Apr 4, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Chris Corrigan wrote:

> Boo!  
> 
> Did you expect that?
> 
> :-)
> 
> Being prepared to be surprised I think takes a mind that is open to curiosity, listens deeply for the whispers of invitation and doesn't resist when it is yanked in a direction it has no control over.  
> 
> You could alos take a few improvisation classes.  
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Harold Shinsato <harold at shinsato.com> wrote:
> Searching through the archives there were many many postings about "be prepared to be surprised". But "How to be prepared to be surprised" returned 0.
> 
> Any tips on how to prepare? It came up as a question today for me in conversation with someone - and I can't believe I've never thought about it before. How do you prepare to be surprised? Any thoughts, tips?
> 
>     Thanks!
>     Harold
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