As soon as we opened our eyes this morning, it was time to close them again.
Our first activity today was a blindfolded walk to finish up the rest of the theory from yesterday and to demonstrate the natural intelligence. The participants were asked to come outside and then had to walk blindly in three groups, each led by a facilitator who also encouraged them to touch the surrounding objects, e.g. a wall or a branch or the wet grass.
“I never fully let myself go and I don’t experience things where I’m not in control and I really enjoyed that. I never normally put so much trust in people.”
Ali, Ireland
All the participants were surprised by their environment when they were asked to take off their blindfolds and it was interesting for us to see how different we’re perceiving our surroundings when we can’t use our vision.
To finish up to topic of “Multiple Intelligences”, we included theatre into our practice. The group was asked to decide on which intelligence is most present in them and to act according to their chosen intelligence. We divided the group into two and each one had a representative for every Intelligence. Then a conflict was shared with the “panel of wise men and women” and they were asked to give advice.
“For me it was difficult to attach my intelligence to the problem.”
Nefeli, Greece
After lunch, all participants got the chance to present their organizations for networking purposes. We plan on finishing this action tomorrow. Some people shared that this activity gives them a chance of learning more about other, and even their own organizations.
The last session of the day focused on our “Inner Gang”. This was brought closer to us through getting creative and making an art piece based on a conflict in our lives, where we could distinguish between the different voices in our head – “the Inner Gang”.
“I really liked it. It was a way of giving a body to my fears and thoughts.”
Vassia, Greece
After looking at the results it was time for a game visualizing the theory even further. A volunteer had to choose two to four people to form his/her inner gang and they were given an imaginary conflict. With this, they improvised a scene in which the voices had to keep talking from their point of view.
“I found it really funny with the inner voices of mothers and fathers!”
Jorge, Spain
The Highlight of the day was different for everyone. Lunch was apparently really good today, since it involved bacon (but you had to be fast to get a piece). Others enjoyed listening to nature and experiencing the outside clearer than ever. The rest liked spending time with the other participants the most.
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