This is "an exercise in musical cooperation. Cooperation emerges when the behavior of each individual depends on the decisions of the rest of the group: it´s a game where, from the start, you need to adjust to the actions of others." 21 Balançoires (21 Swings) "is a giant collective instrument that stimulates ownership of the new space, bringing together people of all ages and backgrounds, and creating a place for playing and hanging out in the middle of the city center." (Daily tous les jours and Luc-Alain Giraldeau).
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Reverse Times Square: "Over 2.000 people move backwards through Times Square, making it look like time is going in reverse to unsuspecting tourists and New Yorkers. Participants met in Bryant Park to receive instructions and synchronize their watches before heading over to Times Square and blending in with the crowd. At exactly 3:15 PM, participants bagan moving backwards for exactly five minutes." (Improv everywhere) We can put it this way: children are creative each and every single day, enjoy being surprised, puzzled, everything is a game to play, it's how they learn. We can practice collaboration: in amusing and meaningful group exercises (1.) and in new opportunities to enjoy being surprised and change our perspective (2.).
Let's start again, even if my english writing is not that good. Really, who cares? The important issue is the ideas. And what really matters to me is the ideas and feelings and life and be awake. Ok., sometimes I'm dreaming, but most times I'm awake, I think...
Let's share with you what I found this morning, purely by chance, like many good things we find in life, along this mysterious path we call life... The author is portuguese, like me, but, unlike me, he writes in perfect american english (Snif). Listen carefully to what he says, almost whispering, the reasons to be here, who am I talking to? Who' s listening? " (...)I started my own blog in December 2003. Now that’s a long time because, as we all know, blog years are like dog years. This blog has gone through many mutations and I’ve certainly made all sorts of mistakes in the process. But a couple of years ago I was making it big for an architecture-related blog, hitting the thousand daily visitors mark. Yep, those were the days because, for several different reasons, nowadays that average has been cut in half. And that’s okay.Let me be honest about it. I’m not saying I’m happier for that fact. What I mean is that I’ve been trying to find that sense of balance, to find the reasons that drive my need to write a personal blog. And to me it has become a mixture of interrogations: who I’m writing to and who I’m trying to connect with. And the latter part of this equation really is a great measure of what makes a successful blog. Who are you reaching through the web? Who is tracking what you write and what feedback are you getting from it?That has become a far more important measure of success than the single number of visitors one gets on a daily basis. And so I have come to realize that I’m trying to reach people who share similar interrogations, on architecture and life in general, and although I’ve been loosing ground on my home base of readers, the world map has been lighting up on my Analytics account. And it feels great.As I face this new stage of my blogging experience, going through the set of rules outlined by Derek certainly makes a lot of sense to me. At the core of it lies the importance of humanizing the writing process. Simply put: be honest, be different. Share what you know. Share what you don’t know. A personal blog doesn’t have to be about yourself but it should be about your own vision, your doubts and your ideas. That’s what makes it universal, no matter where you are.And if you stick to it, and keep learning and growing, people will come from all parts of the world. And in this nebulous landscape of the digital web, you will matter. "
