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This blog is where Sophia van Ruth (www.animatearts.net) shares some of the insights that have arisen out of developing and running her workshop series ‘Navigating Complexity’. Sophia only blogs here when she feels she has something to say, so you … Continue reading About this Blog…
As explained in the blog post “summarising complexity and some of its influences”, complex dynamics are often unpredictable to our intellectual reasoning, but what if there is a side to our intelligence that effortlessly interprets complexity? Continue reading how InterPlay helps us navigate complexity
ah yes, well you see… the whole is greater than the sum of the parts and it’s in the meeting of hearts that the parts start to dance you can separate parts keep them safe in a stance that denies … Continue reading A poem about wholeness
How we pay attention to our experiences is important. In a complex situation where multiple people/entities are interacting at the same time, focussing in on one aspect or jumping to a fixed idea of what is going on can affect … Continue reading the value of ‘noticing’ in a complex world
The practice of InterPlay1has really helped me reclaim playfulness as an adult, and in my 13 or so years of practicing it I have learned to appreciate what play can bring me as a tool for experimenting and gaining new … Continue reading Engaging Playfulness as a Tool
What is Embodiment? Embodiment is a term that seems to be used in different ways by different people. The common theme is that an embodied practice is something that involves some kind of bodily experience. For some people embodiment may … Continue reading What is embodiment?
How can we understand a complex whole when it is more than the sum of it’s parts? I would say this calls for an holistic way of seeing, There are many definitions of holism, however, not many people appreciate the Goethean sense of holism Continue reading perceiving a complex whole
I recently watched a documentary called The Pleasure of Finding Things Out (1981) which focussed on the life of Richard Feynman, a physicist who has widely been called a scientific genius. I was delighted to hear him describe how valuable ‘doing things just for fun’ was to … Continue reading the power of doing things just for fun
In my recent research into body-based ways of knowing I have spent a lot of time looking into different forms of memory. I have found it an enriching journey and was particularly intrigued by the theories around our implicit knowing. I … Continue reading Tapping your implicit knowing
I recently wrote an article for the Shiatsu Therapy Association of Australia on complexity for their journal ‘Pointers’. Following is a modified excerpt outlining in general terms what a complex system is and some of the ways such theories are being … Continue reading Summarising complexity and some of its influences
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