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THE GORDIAN EGG:SELF DIRECTING 3.3Mtiririko – Creativity & Problem Solving SeminarPhutadithjaba, South AfricaApril 13 – 16, 2014
Marcel van der Pol, Keridwenwww.keridwen.nl – www.thedanceofthehero.com – [email protected] > Trailer
You are a professional!? “So you have to know what to do. If you don’t know what to do you have to find out. If you can’t find out you (…) make it
up and then make it so.(China Miéville, author)
There are
So Many Ways
to Kill
a Good Idea!
Self Directing 3.3- It’s your community, it’s your life
3.1 Sentry & Lamppost - Your Story as Mind Frame
3.2 The Dance of the hero - Enlarging your Mind Frame
3.3 The Gordian Egg - Optimal Performance in a Greater Mind Frame
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LamppostSentry
Self Directing 3.1: Sentry & LamppostYour Story as Mind Frame
Sentry & Lamppost4 levels in Storytelling: Story <> Real Life
• Relaxation• Just Fun, no Rules
• Pedagogic • Culture, Group, Organisation
• Self Directing• Second Chance, Change, Healing
• Magic• Source, Flow, Empowerment
According to the
Navaho Indians
• Open Stories• Liquefying
work to be done!• Freezing >> Solidifying • Closing down • Open Stories
According to
Keridwen
Sentry & LamppostPeople Create Their Own Reality by Telling Their Stories
Saint vs. Outlaw
How will they tell their separate stories?
Hero(
in)e
s
HelperDragon
Self Directing 3.2: The Dance of the HeroEnlarging Your Mind Frame
The Damce of t
• Mtiririko – Flow & Commitment• Creativity & Innovation
• Changing Perpsectives• Shifting Paradigms
• The Living Story
Get out of your box!
This Story of Faces
Excluding Mind Frames
Children & Rain
Grown ups & Rain
Differences in Mind Frames
• Innocent• Orphan
• Wanderer• Lover
• Caregiver• Warrior
• Builder• Cleaner
• Magician• Ruler
• Sage• Fool
12 Hero(in)es = 12 Mind Frames
The Damce of t
The Dance of the Hero
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HomeDeparture
(leaving/aiming)Context
Dragon & TreasureCall (who/what)
Sentry (stop!)Traveling Companions?
(friend/foe)Encounters
EventsDevelopmentsHelper (stijl)
Arrival (change?)
•Basic Movements in Stories
Even Little Red Riding Hood knows her Heroes...
...and she knows her Life Questions, too...
• Innocent• Orphan
• Wanderer• Lover
• Caregiver• Warrior
• Builder• Cleaner
• Magician• Ruler
• Sage• Fool
The Gordian Egg: Self Directing 3.3- He/She who dares to get lost, takes the risk of finding new ways -
Direct Your Own Life Adventures: from ‘Question’ to ‘Answer’
Direct
or
Actor(s)Audience
Self Directing 3.3: The Gordian EggOptimal Performance in a Greater Mind Frame
“The Arrow in the Bull’s Eye”
“South African Playground” The Difference between Dawn and Dusk
“Hold on to the Wind…!” He/She who dares to get lost, takes the risk of finding new ways
The Chimney ParadoxStorytelling: Source of Innovation and Creativity
• Out of Your Box• Wisdom• Logic• Facts
Chassidic Creative Problem Solving
THE GORDIAN EGG:SELF DIRECTING 3.3Extra – Stories/Performances
Marcel van der Pol, Keridwenwww.keridwen.nl – www.thedanceofthehero.com – [email protected]
Is This the Other Side?
This King needs his Dragon!*)
*) Every King Deserves a Dragon to Conquer, isn’t it?
Always look into the Right Directon…
Australopitecus afarensis
• A few small steps of men, but a giant leap…
• What’s the Story? How does it go on?
Homo heidelbergensis
• Community Care – What’s the Story?
• Imagination, Communication & Cooperation
The young Turkey
• Personal Development – What’s the Story?
• Deep Democracy: Respecting Differences
THE GORDIAN EGG:SELF DIRECTING 3.3Want to know more?Marcel van der Pol, Keridwen
Self Directing 3.3 = Sentry & Lamppost – The Dance of the Hero – The Gordian Egg
www.keridwen.nl – www.thedanceofthehero.com – [email protected]