An Orgy Of Thought - Week 1

Week 1

So the 1st Monday of the "orgy of thought" project.

This has been in the pipeline and the mind of Em Topp for a long time now, and has finally taken flight.

We had a good, and comfortable turn out for the 1st session with 10 individuals in all. The energy levels we high and enthusiasm was definitely something which we all shared.
With individuals in backgrounds ranging from academia, retail management, volunteer management, youth work, professional theatre practitioners and media bods; the group seems to have strong legs to support itself from the outset - something which was improved by the quality and scope of ideas that were flying around.

To begin with, we took part in some warm ups, or Ice Breakers, to get to know names and try to discover how comfortable the group was with certain dramatic devices such as their bodies, their minds and themselves!
this focused everyone's mind on to the task at hand as the Ice Breakers led into a highly creative discussion concerning the potential eventual direction of the group. Some amazing ideas and interested arose. Interests in:

• Masks & processional theatre
  
• Theatre of the absurd
• Site specific theatre ideas
• Explorative cross-medium theatre (such as exploring music, video, touch, sense and mentality)
• Street theatre

This was very exciting, and the unifying element seemed to be that the group wanted the direction to be flexible, the process to be organic, and the development of ideas a communal effort.

In a society that seems to be controlling in all pervasive, omnipresent ways, the ability to engage in activities that exist purely for the purpose of existing, and with an undefined conclusion that will be unique to every individual, and more importantly remain that way - without being reviewed, evaluated, examined or even contemplated outside of the group or individuals psyche seems an every exciting premise.

Here's to a reactionary future, built on foundations of pure creative energies harnessed from all aspects of our reality and being.