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LOOKING FORWARD TO JUNE
Why am I celebrating zoom?
Because it's so fun!
I got this idea from a festival I went to.
This week I'm celebrating a virtual Rotterdam festival I was invited to. I woke up early on a Wednesday so I could take a phone call with a theater official on Whatsapp. (There's a 7 hour time difference)
The officials sent me a script. Here is what the script said:
A-Me
B(the caller)
A. Hi, you are speaking with.....
B. Hi, you are speaking with ....
I got your number from Building Conversation.
A. Yes. They told me you would call.
B. I will follow a script.
A. Me too.
B. We are asked to think of an impressive experience in which we encountered someone who
we didn’t know.
Silence
B. Can you describe the experience in as much detail as possible?
A. describes the experience
B. asks clarifying questions.
It was a surreal conversation because I was talking about an experience I had with a stranger while also talking to the stranger at the same time. The pauses in between were chilling. I told this person about an encounter I had on beach in California and how I felt like an outsider. And she told me about an interaction she had with someone on a Terrace and the person was talking with her while acting as though she was wasn't there, like having a conversation with herself. She described to her some very violent experiences she had been through.
The whole experience was very memorable, especially because I'm not used to getting up at 5:30 AM to have conversations with individuals whom I'm not acquainted. It was fun!
This theater festival
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can be found on this website (Oerol.nl)
Why am I celebrating zoom?
Because it's so fun!
I got this idea from a festival I went to.
This week I'm celebrating a virtual Rotterdam festival I was invited to. I woke up early on a Wednesday so I could take a phone call with a theater official on Whatsapp. (There's a 7 hour time difference)
The officials sent me a script. Here is what the script said:
A-Me
B(the caller)
A. Hi, you are speaking with.....
B. Hi, you are speaking with ....
I got your number from Building Conversation.
A. Yes. They told me you would call.
B. I will follow a script.
A. Me too.
B. We are asked to think of an impressive experience in which we encountered someone who
we didn’t know.
Silence
B. Can you describe the experience in as much detail as possible?
A. describes the experience
B. asks clarifying questions.
B. Hi, you are speaking with ....
I got your number from Building Conversation.
A. Yes. They told me you would call.
B. I will follow a script.
A. Me too.
B. We are asked to think of an impressive experience in which we encountered someone who
we didn’t know.
Silence
B. Can you describe the experience in as much detail as possible?
A. describes the experience
B. asks clarifying questions.
It was a surreal conversation because I was talking about an experience I had with a stranger while also talking to the stranger at the same time. The pauses in between were chilling. I told this person about an encounter I had on beach in California and how I felt like an outsider. And she told me about an interaction she had with someone on a Terrace and the person was talking with her while acting as though she was wasn't there, like having a conversation with herself. She described to her some very violent experiences she had been through.
The whole experience was very memorable, especially because I'm not used to getting up at 5:30 AM to have conversations with individuals whom I'm not acquainted. It was fun!
This theater festivalThe whole experience was very memorable, especially because I'm not used to getting up at 5:30 AM to have conversations with individuals whom I'm not acquainted. It was fun!
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can be found on this website (Oerol.nl)
CURRENTLY
Reading:Maybe you Should Talk to Someone By Lori Gottlieb
Barely Breathing by Rebecca Donovan
The New Girl by Harriet Walker
