Humainologie creative dialogue team practice A Screenplay for Tom Hanks
- Arthur Clark
- Oct 25, 2020
- 2 min read
Winter has now made us even more isolated. A month ago, we could still meet outside, now winter has joined forces with the pandemic to knock us down. Last night I watched “A Hologram for the King” and I realized that Tom Hanks is particularly interested in films (“Cast Away,” “A Hologram…” and others) in which the main character is isolated in some way. So many people have experienced this sort of thing in their lives, all their lives, that Tom Hanks films are bound to have a large audience. For our Humainologie creative dialogue team practice this coming Wednesday, I’ll suggest we collaborate to start writing a screenplay for Tom Hanks in which the main character is somehow affected by the pandemic and other factors, but finds a way to pick himself (or herself) up and come back. (Note: Tom Hanks films also seem to have endings that are halfway to happiness.)
Of course, you may be a contrarian who loves winter because it reminds you of Christmas or because you love cross-country skiing or because you just love to throw snowballs at passers-by. Okay, be that way. At check-in I will ask you 1) for your favorite memories of winter and 2) how this winter of the pandemic is affecting your spirits (if at all).
Here is the Zoom link for our creative dialogue team practice this coming Wednesday October 28, in which Shinobu will be the host because Greg is away
Topic: Humainologie Dialogue Session October 28 Time: Oct 28, 2020 06:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81199236099?pwd=Vjk4V1lCVk44WU1ndHhoY3dUTHBKdz09 Meeting ID: 811 9923 6099 Passcode: 12345
Creativity is new ways of thinking about things. We should constantly search for new ways of thinking about the pandemic. It’s a difficulty, so there are bound to be opportunities in there. At our most recent team practice, we looked for surprising poetic combinations of outside-the-box nouns with off-the-beaten-track adjectives. What we came up with made us laugh. To get your imagination up to speed for our team practice each week, you could use things like meditation or a somewhat different approach of breath-holding, as described in this TEDx talk
However, music and dancing might be the best way to prepare, so I will here append several links to music or dance videos. You may have seen them before; the point here is to use one of them shortly before team practice so that you are ready to get up and sing or dance. Or better yet, if you find a particularly lively music or dance video, please share it with us!
Cubans from around the world sing Guantanamera
Eric Whitacre’s virtual choir
Flash mob Ode to Joy
Billy Joel dance video Uptown Girl
Old movie stars dance to Uptown Funk
Before team practice on Wednesday, I’ll send a synopsis of a useful book, The Logic of Failure: Recognizing and Avoiding Error in Complex Situations. I also plan to send a “short and cheerful guide” to solving problems.
Voluptuous octopus and toot sweet,
Arthur
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