The Gordian Egg - Self Directing 3.3

THE GORDIAN EGG:SELF DIRECTING 3.3Mtiririko – Creativity & Problem Solving SeminarPhutadithjaba, South AfricaApril 13 – 16, 2014

Marcel van der Pol, Keridwenwww.keridwen.nl – www.thedanceofthehero.com – marcel@keridwen.nl > Trailer

You are a professional!? “So you have to know what to do. If you don’t know what to do you have to find out. If you can’t find out you (…) make it

up and then make it so.(China Miéville, author)

There are

So Many Ways

to Kill

a Good Idea!

Self Directing 3.3- It’s your community, it’s your life

3.1 Sentry & Lamppost - Your Story as Mind Frame

3.2 The Dance of the hero - Enlarging your Mind Frame

3.3 The Gordian Egg - Optimal Performance in a Greater Mind Frame

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Self Directing 3.1: Sentry & LamppostYour Story as Mind Frame

Sentry & Lamppost4 levels in Storytelling: Story <> Real Life

• Relaxation• Just Fun, no Rules

• Pedagogic • Culture, Group, Organisation

• Self Directing• Second Chance, Change, Healing

• Magic• Source, Flow, Empowerment

According to the

Navaho Indians

• Open Stories• Liquefying

work to be done!• Freezing >> Solidifying • Closing down • Open Stories

According to

Keridwen

Sentry & LamppostPeople Create Their Own Reality by Telling Their Stories

Saint vs. Outlaw

How will they tell their separate stories?

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HelperDragon

Self Directing 3.2: The Dance of the HeroEnlarging Your Mind Frame

The Damce of t

• Mtiririko – Flow & Commitment• Creativity & Innovation

• Changing Perpsectives• Shifting Paradigms

• The Living Story

Get out of your box!

This Story of Faces

Excluding Mind Frames

Children & Rain

Grown ups & Rain

Differences in Mind Frames

• Innocent• Orphan

• Wanderer• Lover

• Caregiver• Warrior

• Builder• Cleaner

• Magician• Ruler

• Sage• Fool

12 Hero(in)es = 12 Mind Frames

The Damce of t

The Dance of the Hero

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HomeDeparture

(leaving/aiming)Context

Dragon & TreasureCall (who/what)

Sentry (stop!)Traveling Companions?

(friend/foe)Encounters

EventsDevelopmentsHelper (stijl)

Arrival (change?)

•Basic Movements in Stories

Even Little Red Riding Hood knows her Heroes...

...and she knows her Life Questions, too...

• Innocent• Orphan

• Wanderer• Lover

• Caregiver• Warrior

• Builder• Cleaner

• Magician• Ruler

• Sage• Fool

The Gordian Egg: Self Directing 3.3- He/She who dares to get lost, takes the risk of finding new ways -

Direct Your Own Life Adventures: from ‘Question’ to ‘Answer’

Direct

or

Actor(s)Audience

Self Directing 3.3: The Gordian EggOptimal Performance in a Greater Mind Frame

“The Arrow in the Bull’s Eye”

“South African Playground” The Difference between Dawn and Dusk

“Hold on to the Wind…!” He/She who dares to get lost, takes the risk of finding new ways

The Chimney ParadoxStorytelling: Source of Innovation and Creativity

• Out of Your Box• Wisdom• Logic• Facts

Chassidic Creative Problem Solving

THE GORDIAN EGG:SELF DIRECTING 3.3Extra – Stories/Performances

Marcel van der Pol, Keridwenwww.keridwen.nl – www.thedanceofthehero.com – marcel@keridwen.nl

Is This the Other Side?

This King needs his Dragon!*)

*) Every King Deserves a Dragon to Conquer, isn’t it?

Always look into the Right Directon…

Australopitecus afarensis

• A few small steps of men, but a giant leap…

• What’s the Story? How does it go on?

Homo heidelbergensis

• Community Care – What’s the Story?

• Imagination, Communication & Cooperation

The young Turkey

• Personal Development – What’s the Story?

• Deep Democracy: Respecting Differences

THE GORDIAN EGG:SELF DIRECTING 3.3Want to know more?Marcel van der Pol, Keridwen

Self Directing 3.3 = Sentry & Lamppost – The Dance of the Hero – The Gordian Egg

www.keridwen.nl – www.thedanceofthehero.com – marcel@keridwen.nl