Wednesday, September 10, 2014

My Life is Disfigured

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My Life is Disfigured
Here I am in my normal state of disfunction, 
with the additional moves and grooves to decant.

My life is planning forward whist, 
at the same stinking time, 
I am stumbling upon so many reminders from my/our past.

Found::
Love letter from our early days
Training notes from session 40 years ago - and since.
Loads of vinyl 45s
LP's - every one gushing with memories places and feelings.
Pictures I never remember seeing.
Slides which intend to get digitised.
Journals from over fifty years.
Recordings/professional reflections.
Written works of mine which will create several books.
Newspaper clippings.
Press releases.
Magazine columns I used to write for magazines and newspapers.
Diaries going back to 1956.
8 Track tapes - you may not know of these predecessors to the cassette tape.
Amps and speakers and decks and wires wires.
Speaking engagement notes.
Television interviews.
U2 posters - massive and beautiful
School exercise books and reports for all the four of us.
Play Family and other toys.
Birthday cards and postcards.
Incident reports - some really violent ones.
Cavern Club membership card where I took Joan on our first date.

I am truly out of joint with normal life.
I am listening to music which I captured.
I am sipping peppermint tea - now always since Countreau went out of the budget.

All the above without really mentioning 'feelings' - 
naughty naughty.
I am feeling generally good.
Bouts of tiredness which makes me crash some days.
Accepting all the change in my head, heart and emotions.
What will I do in this rest-of-life!!

Gigs will demand intensive prep and I will forget my geography and 
focus on objectives, delivery, content and loving ..........

The sort of Facilitation I conduct is called 'Experiential'.
I learning experience happens in the room.
Reflections follow.
We all learn from each other.
All the above is a learning experience!I.
I facilitate experiences
and the reflection times do the job
as each BHP transposes the experiential learning
into their own context
LOVE IT !!

What I do on such occasions
ALL different
see here::



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