Imagination: Glue for Facts

For a recent family reunion (250 Forsters in San Juan Capistrano, CA!), I adapted the research on Ysidora Pico de Forster (1808-1873), which I collected during the creation of my performance “What’s on [My] Mind?“ and presented it to my family members in a straight-up presentation, complete with a Keynote  slide show. In …

Number 1! (First Blueberry Hangout of 2014)

Four of the six original Blueberries hung out today in Google + for our first 2014 meet-up. I — Christa — facilitated a discussion around my project, “What’s on [My] Mind?”, its current status, concerns, progress. Michael, Molly, and Vanessa listened sensitively, gave useful feedback, posed great questions, and agreed …

Lemonade Stand Recipe: meditations on a place

Recently I led a half-hour workshop experimenting with the above format for a Custom Performance Lemonade Stand that would make a short, improvised performance for a “customer.” There were 7 participants in the workshop. All participated in the first steps: free-writing on a physical place, and then a guided meditation …