"There are always far more affordances available than we might imagine. In some sense, affordances are a form of pareidolia, the seeing of forms in textures which were not intended to convey those forms." - love it <3
> Now that we are present to the possibility space of affordances, we can surf the ever-changing potentials of effective physical interaction. Preliminary set-aside practices of enactment of possibilities in a physicalized, theatrical manner can cultivate the capability to physically engage in a particular affordance while maintaining contact with the possibility space of affordances. Set-aside practices of responsive and interactive unprescribed embodied relationality can also be particularly useful in exploring what it means to fully embody perceived affordances.
I wonder if you might elaborate more on what you mean by “preliminary set-aside practices of enactment of possibilities in a physicalized, theatrical manner”... This sounds like either partner improv, or a mental imagination activity.
In general, I appreciate this post as it dovetails with my understanding and experience as evinced by exposure and engagement with Vajrayana, specifically through Charlie Awberry’s course Kaleidoscope of Interaction: Taking Vajrayana into every Relationship
Currently deep in the beginner phase of mostly watching... and then blending into... my conditioned patterns of interaction, instead of witnessing the field of affordances and “playing a higher level game”. I mean, I *have* stepped it up, do see the effects that liberating perception has on hardened habits of mind with respect to more and more surprising/delightful/dignified/powerful/playful/noble responses and engagement with life... And I’m just starting and am frequently humbled.
One observation I keep making is the powerful effect that my environment--the one created and manifested in a “less conscious” regime--has on me today; I feel the “gravitational pull” that old and familiar cues have on me, the relationships and work and home that I perpetuate some unconscious inertia with. And how curious I am about a state change. Moving, uprooting, refreshing.
Partner improv, in particular traditions of Narrative Longform [https://www.improv.org/30-years-of-narrative-longform/] can be very useful, but are constrained by 1) narrative cohesion and 2) the limitations of the social context.
There is "Inner Khorde Rushen" which could be considered a mental imagination activity; again, it can be very useful, but there are limitations when patterning does not fully flow into interactive engagement.
"There are always far more affordances available than we might imagine. In some sense, affordances are a form of pareidolia, the seeing of forms in textures which were not intended to convey those forms." - love it <3
> Now that we are present to the possibility space of affordances, we can surf the ever-changing potentials of effective physical interaction. Preliminary set-aside practices of enactment of possibilities in a physicalized, theatrical manner can cultivate the capability to physically engage in a particular affordance while maintaining contact with the possibility space of affordances. Set-aside practices of responsive and interactive unprescribed embodied relationality can also be particularly useful in exploring what it means to fully embody perceived affordances.
I wonder if you might elaborate more on what you mean by “preliminary set-aside practices of enactment of possibilities in a physicalized, theatrical manner”... This sounds like either partner improv, or a mental imagination activity.
In general, I appreciate this post as it dovetails with my understanding and experience as evinced by exposure and engagement with Vajrayana, specifically through Charlie Awberry’s course Kaleidoscope of Interaction: Taking Vajrayana into every Relationship
https://vajrayananow.com/kaleidoscope-of-interaction
Some semantic differences but tons of overlap.
Currently deep in the beginner phase of mostly watching... and then blending into... my conditioned patterns of interaction, instead of witnessing the field of affordances and “playing a higher level game”. I mean, I *have* stepped it up, do see the effects that liberating perception has on hardened habits of mind with respect to more and more surprising/delightful/dignified/powerful/playful/noble responses and engagement with life... And I’m just starting and am frequently humbled.
One observation I keep making is the powerful effect that my environment--the one created and manifested in a “less conscious” regime--has on me today; I feel the “gravitational pull” that old and familiar cues have on me, the relationships and work and home that I perpetuate some unconscious inertia with. And how curious I am about a state change. Moving, uprooting, refreshing.
Two quite different examples of preliminary set-aside practices of enactment of possibilities in a physicalized, theatrical manner would be:
Khorde Rushen, as described here: https://www.amazon.com/Dzogchen-Khorde-Rushen-Teaching/dp/B089CQVGB2
Group Vegetotherapy, as described here: https://anielsen.substack.com/p/streaming-contact
Partner improv, in particular traditions of Narrative Longform [https://www.improv.org/30-years-of-narrative-longform/] can be very useful, but are constrained by 1) narrative cohesion and 2) the limitations of the social context.
There is "Inner Khorde Rushen" which could be considered a mental imagination activity; again, it can be very useful, but there are limitations when patterning does not fully flow into interactive engagement.
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