[Oe List ...] art form conversation - election day "Where and how did your body react?"
Joyce Sloan via OE
oe at lists.wedgeblade.net
Wed Nov 9 18:16:10 PST 2016
Yes!! Thanks Judi!
On Nov 9, 2016 19:58, "Judi White via OE" <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
> I am not ready for a full blown reflection. Trauma is like that. While it
> is happening the body is included in the processing. My body response was
> to fall asleep and wake up a couple hours later, see what was happening,
> escape into An old tv series, fall asleep, wake up and check who won Then
> in shock breathe mindfully until sleep blessed me. Upon awaking I wanted
> grits and eggs instead of oatmeal. Fed cats, exercised and walked and
> finally accepted the new reality after Hillary's speech. Now the grieving
> can begin and thus conversation will facilitate healing of PTSD. What next?
> In due time. Peace. Judi
>
> On Nov 9, 2016 7:46 PM, "Del Morrill via OE" <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hugely helpful, Jim. I don’t have a group to use this with, but maybe
>> Justin and I might find it helpful to us as a couple to get out of the
>> shock and this funk and fear mode as a result
>>
>> *Del*
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>> *Change of any sort requires courage. *
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>> *From:* OE [mailto:oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net] *On Behalf Of *James
>> Wiegel via OE
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 9, 2016 2:27 PM
>> *To:* McCabe, Diann A <dm14 at txstate.edu>; John Epps <jlepps39 at gmail.com>;
>> Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>; Order Ecumenical
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>> *Subject:* Re: [Oe List ...] art form conversation - election day "Where
>> and how did your body react?"
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>> Jo Nelson has shared this several times in different venues. Might be a
>> helpful start in creating the conversation.
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>> DEBRIEFING A TRAUMATIC SITUATION
>>
>> A Focused Conversation
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>> Situation: A traumatic incident has just happened. The immediate
>> incident is over, but people are shaken and need to talk about what has
>> happened.
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>> Rational Aim:
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>> To talk about their personal experiences of the trauma.
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>> To face reality and begin to deal with it productively.
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>> Experiential Aim:
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>> To move from shock to beginning to come to terms with the situation.
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>> Opening: This event has shaken all of us. Let¹s take a little time to
>> reflect on what¹s happened, so we can come to terms with it. I¹m going to
>> ask some questions that will help us gradually process what happened. I
>> would like you to let everyone have their own answers ‹ no interrupting,
>> arguing, or judging what anyone says.
>>
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>> Objective Questions
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>> Ø Imagine you were a video camera recording what you saw
>> happening on that day. What actions, words, phrases, objects, and scenes
>> are recorded on your tape? Let¹s get everything out so we all have a full
>> picture of what happened.
>>
>> Ø What has happened since?
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>> Reflective Questions
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>> Ø What shocked you?
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>> Ø What was most frightening?
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>> Ø What made you want to escape?
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>> Ø How else did you find yourself reacting?
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>> Ø Any place you wanted to cheer?
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>> Interpretive Questions
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>> Ø Why do you think this happened?
>>
>> Ø What might have been some other contributing factors?
>>
>> Ø What impact does it have on you?
>>
>> Ø How are you different now?
>>
>> Ø How might we be different a year from now?
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>> Ø What can we learn from this?
>>
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>> Decisional Questions
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>> Ø What can we do to prevent this from happening again?
>>
>> Ø Who else do you need to see or talk with?
>>
>> Ø What can we do to help each other now?
>>
>> Ø What can we do to symbolize how we changed or what we have
>> learned?
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>> Closing
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>> We will undoubtedly continue to reflect on this. If you need help,
>> please be sure to ask for it.
>>
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>> Hints
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>> Some of these questions are difficult to answer, so if there are few
>> spoken answers, don¹t worry. The very fact of raising these questions and
>> following this flow allows deeper reflection later. It may be helpful to
>> print out the questions for participants to take with them for solitary,
>> small group, or family reflection.
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>> Adapted from Jo Nelson ICA Associates, Inc., Canada. “I have used a
>> variation on this conversation with the Southern Ontario Facilitators'
>> Network. We found it helpful . . . It occurred to me that it might be
>> useful to others, both for personal and client situations. This is adapted
>> from page 155 of *"The Art of Focused Conversation for Schools".* You
>> will have to adapt it for the current situation.
>>
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>> *From:* "McCabe, Diann A via OE" <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
>> *To:* John Epps <jlepps39 at gmail.com>; Order Ecumenical Community <
>> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 9, 2016 2:30 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [Oe List ...] art form conversation - election day "Where
>> and how did your body react?"
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>> Like taking a deep breath reading this, John. Thank you—and, yes, now
>> what? Grieve/process for a day or two and then . . . Tbd
>>
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>> Diann
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>> *From: *OE <oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of John Epps via
>> OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
>> *Reply-To: *John Epps <jlepps39 at gmail.com>, Order Ecumenical Community <
>> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
>> *Date: *Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 3:26 PM
>> *To: *Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
>> *Subject: *Re: [Oe List ...] art form conversation - election day "Where
>> and how did your body react?"
>>
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>> I keep a cartoon on my desk depicting a cat with its tail in its mouth.
>> The cat is reading a book entitled "You've Caught Your Tail: Now What?"
>>
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>> That's a perfect question for Republicans, whether primarily Trump
>> supporters or Clinton haters.
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>> It's also a good question for Democrats, whether primarily Clinton
>> supporters or Trump haters.
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>> There seems to be enough hatred and fear of the Other to go around. As
>> the sensitive and responsive Ones, our job is to "increase the love of God
>> and Neighbor" to quote H.R, Niebuhr. Recalling this is helping me deal with
>> the regrets about yesterday and trying to avoid finding fault and placing
>> blame. The Mystery has struck again! Now what?
>>
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>>
>> John
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>> On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Ken Fisher via OE <
>> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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>> On Nov 9, 2016, at 1:49 PM, via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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>> What I noticed in myself was how visceral the feelings were as it became
>> clear that Trump was winning the electoral race. One question might be,
>> "Where and how did your body react?"
>>
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>> Jann
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>> Jann, David et al,
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>> I would like to respond to Jann’s proposed question. I’d be interested in
>> any other person’s experience.
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>> Here’s mine.
>>
>> When I went to bed some time before midnight, yet knowing that Trump had
>> won, I was in shock, unable to sleep and experiencing great bodily stress.
>> Might I have a heart attack? (I have never had any heart problems.) Part of
>> this was a deep sense of helplessness, being infinitely puny in the face of
>> this new reality of America and the world. To self-soothe, I moved into my
>> current meditative/contemplative practice of, on the one hand listening to
>> whatever words my ego was muttering to get a sense of where I was at in
>> this world; and on the other hand, attentively breathing – ‘we’ on the
>> in-breath and ‘us’ on the out breath evoking the eternality of the other
>> world.
>>
>> Soon I moved into sleep.
>>
>> Upon waking, I was aware of being in a cool, vibrantly alive state of
>> being aware that I had been delivered into a completely new self-awareness
>> of my world.
>>
>> Well I know that my ego and one’s collective ego can produce wonderful
>> illusions!
>>
>> Calmly, I embrace this new reality symbolized by the Trump presidency. I
>> am committed to finding whole new ways of engaging with this
>> disenfranchised cohort, as I am committed to engaging with the marginalized
>> anywhere.
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>>
>> Here’s a version of the Lord’s Prayer written by Joyce Marshall that I
>> try to read daily.
>>
>> O Holy One, we look to you that you may find us and shine your light on
>> our soul.
>>
>> Fill us with your holy spirit of love and truth.
>>
>> May we trust in the absolute goodness of what is and not fight it.
>>
>> We ask for your spirit and we open ourselves to receive it this moment.
>>
>> Forgive us as we forgive all claims that we have imagined are our due.
>>
>> May we renounce our ego and live ever aware of our dependence on you to
>> keep us free.
>>
>> Ken
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Flowers via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
>> To: oe <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
>> Sent: Wed, Nov 9, 2016 7:26 am
>> Subject: [Oe List ...] art form conversation - election day
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I teach a Leadership Studies class at a Milwaukee Institute of Art and
>> Design - traditional age students getting their degree in fine arts.
>>
>> I'm thinking tomorrow's class will be an art form conversation on their
>> experience of Tuesday.
>>
>> I'd be very interested in this groups wisdom and suggestions for
>> questions and format.
>>
>> I have introduced them to the ORID method and facilitated conversations
>> is already an established norm.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>>
>>
>> Grace and Peace,
>>
>>
>>
>> David Flowers
>>
>> "Whatever the problem, community is the answer. There is no power
>> greater than a community discovering what it cares about." Margaret
>> Wheatley
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