17:00:23 From agnes borinsky : welcome, everyone 17:00:36 From agnes borinsky : we’ll get started around 6 min after the hour 17:01:50 From Mishy Jacobson : Hello beautiful souls! Im sorry to have missed the last two zooms, but grateful to be here with you all tonight 17:02:10 From agnes borinsky : So glad you’re here :) 17:03:03 From agnes borinsky : for those just joining, we’ll start in 4-5 min 17:04:55 From Eli Gelb (he/him) : I may bow out early tonight cause I’m working the polls tomorrow 5am-whenever it’s over 17:05:03 From Eli Gelb (he/him) : But happy to be here 17:05:15 From agnes borinsky : so glad you’re here 17:05:37 From Lila Rachel Becker : ^likewise! Philly GOTV go fight win! 17:05:57 From Lauren Miller : I was just phone banking in Philly - heard a lot of fired up folks :) 17:06:00 From agnes borinsky : alright 17:06:09 From agnes borinsky : we’re gonna ease into a beginning 17:06:10 From agnes borinsky : but today 17:06:15 From agnes borinsky : we’re mostly gonna use the chat 17:06:24 From agnes borinsky : let there be a little bit of a break frm talking aloud 17:06:29 From agnes borinsky : thanks, everyone, for being here 17:06:49 From agnes borinsky : i know many of us have been calling / texting / walking / knocking / writing / all things 17:06:58 From agnes borinsky : and that this evening is particularly charged 17:07:01 From agnes borinsky : and full of anxiety 17:07:08 From agnes borinsky : and it means a lot to all gather here 17:07:09 From agnes borinsky : so thank you 17:07:10 From agnes borinsky : okay 17:07:21 From agnes borinsky : the score for this evening is something rebeca and i created together 17:07:49 From agnes borinsky : and i’m mostly going to be directing here in the chat 17:07:50 From agnes borinsky : for now 17:07:56 From agnes borinsky : let’s start with our dedications 17:08:06 From agnes borinsky : who are you dedicating your time here to? 17:08:25 From agnes borinsky : go ahead and type in the chat 17:08:39 From Eli Gelb (he/him) : the version of me who does the least harm 17:08:40 From rebeca medina : Ariel 17:08:43 From SARA LYONS : poll workers 17:08:51 From Lauren Miller : Doranne 17:08:52 From Carmen R. : All of those who will vote tomorrow 17:08:52 From michellenavis : Julie 17:08:52 From wintermiller : corky 17:08:56 From Catherine Weingarten : the activist self buried within me 17:08:56 From karinne k syers : People I don’t know or agree with 17:08:59 From Lucy Jackson (she/her) : Amber 17:09:02 From Elise Wien (she/her) : kayuri’s dad’s new girlfriend 17:09:04 From Daniel Krane : Alan 17:09:05 From Lila Rachel Becker : the voter i met today who was so concerned about his vote being counted that he texted me twice to confirm where he needed to drop it off 17:09:05 From Maria Schirmer : poll workers 17:09:05 From Shara Feit : my mom who has been doing so much phone banking! 17:09:07 From Ryan Gedrich : the man I just slept with 17:09:07 From Dina Vovsi : Kunal & Mama 17:09:10 From patrick ferreri (he/him) : To Kathleen H - a fierce mover and even fiercer spirit who needs a little extra art healing power right now 17:09:11 From Maia Karo : My brother, Tome. 17:09:33 From agnes borinsky : thank you, all <3 17:09:38 From agnes borinsky : so 17:09:41 From agnes borinsky : a first prompt 17:09:46 From agnes borinsky : take a second and look around you 17:09:50 From agnes borinsky : at the space you’re in now 17:09:52 From Sarah Krasnow : Those who do the things I haven’t yet found the courage to do 17:09:56 From agnes borinsky : what is open? 17:09:59 From agnes borinsky : and what is closed? 17:10:17 From agnes borinsky : take a moment and simplify something in your surroundings 17:10:26 From agnes borinsky : maybe it means closing an open browser window 17:10:36 From agnes borinsky : maybe it means putting a pencil in a cup 17:11:05 From agnes borinsky : now take a second and identify one sensation in your body right now 17:11:15 From agnes borinsky : and share it in the chat 17:11:25 From agnes borinsky : one physical sensation, in this moment 17:11:30 From Elise Wien (she/her) : tight back 17:11:31 From Lauren Miller : Clenched jaw 17:11:35 From Mishy Jacobson : Anxiety 17:11:35 From karinne k syers : Gut erp 17:11:36 From Carmen R. : anxious 17:11:37 From Noel Allain : I’m hot. 17:11:40 From Daniel Krane : Heavy eyelids 17:11:41 From michellenavis : Bubbling stomach 17:11:45 From Allyson Dwyer : tense 17:11:46 From SARA LYONS : extremely stiff painful neck 17:11:46 From patrick ferreri (he/him) : warmth 17:11:46 From Lucy Jackson (she/her) : stiff neck 17:11:50 From Carly B : chest is slightly tight 17:11:50 From Catherine Weingarten : stirring 17:11:52 From Sarah Krasnow : sitting cross-legged hurting my left knee 17:11:52 From Maia Karo : Heartburn 17:11:53 From Kate Benson : cold feet 17:11:53 From wintermiller : clenched jaw 17:11:58 From Lila Rachel Becker : stiff traps 17:11:59 From Daniel Scharfman : curiosity 17:11:59 From Dina Vovsi : Tingly lips 17:12:00 From Ryan Gedrich : wet hair on the back of my neck 17:12:02 From Adam Mazer : yeah jaw tension 17:12:06 From Eli Gelb (he/him) : Generalized relestlessness 17:12:13 From agnes borinsky : thank you 17:12:14 From Raphi Soifer (he/him they/them) : full of red lentils and sweaty from the overheated kitchen where i cooked them 17:12:16 From agnes borinsky : yes 17:12:17 From Jordan Baum : salty throat 17:12:17 From Maggie Cino : press in my sinuses 17:12:20 From agnes borinsky : keep throwing htem in 17:12:23 From agnes borinsky : great 17:12:23 From Maggie Cino : (pressure) 17:12:27 From Angel Z : restless in heart 17:12:28 From Lila Rachel Becker : w a i t i n g for my edible to kick in 17:12:30 From wintermiller : temples ache 17:12:30 From Shara Feit : sinus headache 17:12:33 From Catherine Weingarten : having to pee 17:12:44 From wintermiller : lower back strained. 17:12:45 From agnes borinsky : okay 17:12:48 From Catherine Weingarten : candy urges 17:12:51 From agnes borinsky : so let me just say that we’re going to go slow today 17:12:59 From agnes borinsky : and make ourselves take our time 17:13:05 From agnes borinsky : but that’s where we’re starting from 17:13:30 From agnes borinsky : the first thing we’re going to do — and this is a writing prompt, we’ll take some time, so find yourself a pen or pencil and paper 17:13:51 From agnes borinsky : we’re going to each write an inventory of feelings 17:13:56 From agnes borinsky : present feelings 17:14:04 From agnes borinsky : physical and emotional and everything in between 17:14:08 From agnes borinsky : from the present moment 17:14:13 From agnes borinsky : what do we mean by this? 17:14:17 From agnes borinsky : i did it earlier today 17:14:21 From agnes borinsky : here i’ll show you 17:14:33 From agnes borinsky : but i did it wrong 17:14:46 From agnes borinsky : cause i went and made a long list of feelings from memory and imagination 17:14:56 From agnes borinsky : we’re going to stay very simple now, in the present 17:14:59 From agnes borinsky : an inventory of feelings 17:15:03 From agnes borinsky : rebeca did it right 17:15:08 From agnes borinsky : are you up for sharing, rebe? 17:15:12 From rebeca medina : • attraction to the present moment • anguish for the near future • bitterness • closeness towards you • caring about my body • disturb by my inability to vote • enchanted by daylight savings • ferocity about maternity • grief so much grief • nostalgia for home • love • pleased by movement • scared of winter in my bones 17:15:26 From Lila Rachel Becker : alphabetized!! 17:15:26 From agnes borinsky : thanks :) 17:15:35 From agnes borinsky : oh whoah! 17:15:36 From agnes borinsky : yes 17:15:40 From agnes borinsky : that is not… a requirement 17:15:50 From agnes borinsky : we’re going to take 10 minutes to do this 17:15:54 From agnes borinsky : a whole goddamn ten minutes 17:15:58 From agnes borinsky : so you can take a second to arrive 17:16:01 From agnes borinsky : and see what’s in there 17:16:05 From agnes borinsky : and see what’s underneath 17:16:09 From agnes borinsky : and lurking at the edges 17:16:11 From agnes borinsky : yah? 17:16:14 From agnes borinsky : any questions before we start? 17:16:30 From agnes borinsky : well feel free to ask as we go 17:16:34 From Eve Beglarian : how do you do it wrong? 17:16:47 From agnes borinsky : i went into memory and imagination 17:16:53 From agnes borinsky : and wasn’t really paying attention to the present 17:17:19 From agnes borinsky : so rebeca will ring a bowl when ten minutes are up 17:17:25 From agnes borinsky : write if you have any more questions 17:17:30 From agnes borinsky : we begin <3 17:28:30 From agnes borinsky : welcome back 17:28:35 From agnes borinsky : okay 17:28:44 From agnes borinsky : so what we’re going to do now is share these, but in small groups 17:28:53 From agnes borinsky : i’m going to send us into breakout rooms in a second 17:29:07 From agnes borinsky : and in the breakout rooms we don’t have to do this silent nonsense, you can unmute and talk to each other 17:29:22 From agnes borinsky : and the first thing you’re going to do is each share your inventory 17:29:26 From agnes borinsky : about a minute per person 17:29:34 From agnes borinsky : i’ll send a next set of instructions when we get there 17:29:38 From agnes borinsky : any questions? 17:29:51 From agnes borinsky : okay 17:29:53 From agnes borinsky : see you soon 17:42:24 From agnes borinsky : welcome back everyone 17:42:51 From agnes borinsky : we’re straggling back together 17:43:07 From agnes borinsky : a question i have, which we can start to answer in the chat: 17:43:15 From agnes borinsky : what did it feel like, sharing those inventories? 17:43:29 From Shara Feit : vulnerable! 17:43:30 From Noel Allain : Scary 17:43:31 From Allyson Dwyer : Super intimate 17:43:31 From Maia Karo : Scary! (And to break-out room #1 sorry for leaving abruptly! I accidentally pressed exit when it popped up!) 17:43:35 From Sarah Tuft (she/her) NYC : I felt how we all are one 17:43:41 From Carly B : pleasant 17:43:41 From Kate Benson : warm 17:43:43 From Lauren Miller : Funny/embarrassing 17:43:43 From Catherine Weingarten : fun an vulnerable an connected easier cause was open 17:43:43 From Jody and Jeffrey : Very affirming of what we are all going through right now re: pandemic 17:43:43 From Daniel Scharfman : comforting 17:43:44 From Sarah Krasnow : in the same boat 17:43:44 From Raphi Soifer (he/him they/them) : comforting 17:43:46 From michellenavis : refreshing 17:43:48 From Gus Heagerty : I felt a lot of identification 17:43:49 From wintermiller : open 17:43:51 From Adam Mazer : kinda gross 17:43:52 From Carmen R. : Surrounded by kindred spirits 17:43:52 From Daniel Krane (he/they) : Revealing 17:43:53 From Adam Mazer : but also okay 17:43:54 From Lila Rachel Becker : i felt how much we’re all feeling variations on the same theme 17:43:55 From Jordan Baum : w998893d 17:43:56 From Raphi Soifer (he/him they/them) : embarrassing, but generous 17:43:57 From Kate Benson : and kind of a relief 17:44:04 From Mishy Jacobson : Seen 17:44:06 From Sarah Tuft (she/her) NYC : it’s the little things that make us human 17:44:11 From Yehuda Hyman : human 17:44:11 From karinne k syers : I didn’t write expecting to share, but was glad to when I did 17:44:11 From patrick ferreri (he/him) : Softening into shared memories 17:44:11 From Raphi Soifer (he/him they/them) : @kate, *such* a relife 17:44:15 From Raphi Soifer (he/him they/them) : *relief 17:44:18 From Jordan Baum : worried i did it wrong 17:44:19 From Daniel Krane (he/they) : Kind of voyeuristic 17:44:20 From Lila Rachel Becker : re-life! 17:44:26 From Sarah Krasnow : who goes first? :) 17:44:27 From Raphi Soifer (he/him they/them) : l’chaim ;) 17:44:28 From agnes borinsky : re-life amen 17:44:28 From Elise Wien (she/her) : comforted 17:44:30 From Catherine Weingarten : haha I agree re Jordan 17:44:34 From agnes borinsky : how did we feel close together? how did we feel far apart? 17:44:36 From Angel Z : sweetness 17:44:36 From agnes borinsky : in doing that 17:44:46 From wintermiller : synchronous 17:44:48 From agnes borinsky : cause both are legit flavors 17:44:49 From lyndseybourne : softness 17:44:49 From Angel Z : geographically far 17:44:54 From Catherine Weingarten : closer together in realizing others feel angsty even if they seem together 17:44:55 From lyndseybourne : honest 17:44:56 From Angel Z : close concerns 17:44:56 From Daniel Krane (he/they) : Felt closest when we shared w/ eyes closed what we related to 17:44:57 From Noel Allain : The shared feelings made me feel closer. 17:45:05 From Lauren Miller : Running out of time made me feel far apart, and little pauses/glitches/uncertainties 17:45:09 From Daniel Scharfman : doors opening 17:45:18 From Carly B : ^^ 17:45:20 From Yehuda Hyman : Yes running out of time slightly unfulfilled 17:45:25 From Elise Wien (she/her) : getting sent back to main room with eyes closed made me miss my group 17:45:27 From Angel Z : close chaos and multiplicity carried in body 17:45:28 From Sarah Krasnow : different settings, wishing i had a window 17:45:28 From Jordan Baum : felt close in our relationship to agnes’s voice above 17:45:28 From Catherine Weingarten : far apart literally in realizing we are all in diff states 17:45:31 From Mishy Jacobson : Not knowing together 17:45:31 From Daniel Krane (he/they) : Felt far when first sharing list 17:45:40 From patrick ferreri (he/him) : watching the inventories/memories was a reminder of how much is always bubbling below the stillness - of how much we hold onto / experience in a moment alone 17:45:48 From Lila Rachel Becker : i felt the strangeness of strangers 17:45:52 From Catherine Weingarten : felt closer in smiles after sharing 17:45:59 From michellenavis : Missed the instructions but was nice! 17:46:02 From karinne k syers : The repeat with just words and space— the space felt like a closeness, taking time not to speak, patiently listening to each other take time 17:46:05 From Eve Beglarian : the kindness of strangers 17:46:05 From Lauren Miller : Shared words on different lists was closeness 17:46:11 From agnes borinsky : last week we talked about the sculptures, the “2,501 migrants” as holding a place for something else. what is being held here, in what we are doing? 17:46:18 From Shara Feit : RT lauren - shared words 17:46:20 From agnes borinsky : let me be clearer 17:46:23 From Maia Karo : Yes @Lauren and @yehuda with time 17:46:35 From agnes borinsky : the 2,501 sculptures of migrants held emotion 17:46:37 From agnes borinsky : someone said 17:46:43 From agnes borinsky : holding that emotion as placeholders 17:46:46 From agnes borinsky : for people who were elsewhere 17:47:04 From agnes borinsky : it was a container that held something 17:47:07 From SARA LYONS : longing 17:47:13 From Maia Karo : ^^^ 17:47:16 From agnes borinsky : what were our lists holding? 17:47:16 From Yehuda Hyman : continuing in the face of it all 17:47:24 From Catherine Weingarten : regret/unease 17:47:24 From wintermiller : longing’ 17:47:28 From Daniel Krane (he/they) : uncertainty 17:47:29 From Lila Rachel Becker : fear 17:47:30 From Yehuda Hyman : Body functions 17:47:30 From Allyson Dwyer : anxiety 17:47:33 From patrick ferreri (he/him) : transition 17:47:35 From Maia Karo : anticipation 17:47:39 From SARA LYONS : cuddle dreams 17:47:41 From Daniel Krane (he/they) : hunger 17:47:41 From Sarah Krasnow : things we don’t realize we can say 17:47:44 From Jody and Jeffrey : Each other 17:47:45 From wintermiller : honesty 17:47:48 From Catherine Weingarten : longing also. connection thursty 17:47:49 From Yehuda Hyman : of holding ons 17:47:49 From Lauren Miller : Scary amounts of hope (sadness that hope could be unfulfilled) 17:47:53 From Gus Heagerty : The shapes of what it was like before a big change 17:47:53 From karinne k syers : Reflection, a mirror 17:47:53 From SARA LYONS : mundanity 17:48:02 From Daniel Scharfman : preoccupations 17:48:09 From Sarah Krasnow : things we didn’t know we were thinking 17:48:13 From agnes borinsky : beautiful 17:48:14 From patrick ferreri (he/him) : trails to elsewhere 17:48:16 From Noel Allain : the things we hold inside 17:48:25 From agnes borinsky : where, exactly, were those things being held just now? 17:48:29 From Yehuda Hyman : How our bodies have responded to all this 17:48:33 From Sarah Tuft (she/her) NYC : tremulous anticipation 17:48:37 From michellenavis : Anxiety on the surface and happier things hiding 17:48:42 From SARA LYONS : heart chakra 17:48:46 From Sarah Tuft (she/her) NYC : lower back 17:48:47 From Daniel Krane (he/they) : In our stares at each other! 17:48:50 From Yehuda Hyman : surprising resiliency 17:48:50 From Maia Karo : Throat 17:48:52 From Catherine Weingarten : buried in the body 17:48:54 From Angel Z : this time in the body 17:48:55 From Gus Heagerty : Held in the commitment to stay in the room 17:48:55 From Sarah Krasnow : sound 17:48:59 From Raphi Soifer (he/him they/them) : wiggling toes 17:49:05 From Lauren Miller : In a place I wanted to hide not reveal 17:49:11 From patrick ferreri (he/him) : Held in the spaces between moments - the breath before it is let go 17:49:18 From Angel Z : or the whole of history in body responding to this time 17:49:19 From Yehuda Hyman : Ability to still laugh 17:49:26 From agnes borinsky : these are beautiful answers 17:49:28 From agnes borinsky : some are in space 17:49:30 From agnes borinsky : some in bodies 17:49:32 From agnes borinsky : some in time 17:49:43 From Sarah Krasnow : in a private notebook and in a fleeting conversation 17:49:54 From agnes borinsky : so now we’re going to make our second something of the evening 17:50:03 From agnes borinsky : and we’re going to move even more away from written language 17:50:09 From agnes borinsky : we’re going to take 5 minutes 17:50:11 From agnes borinsky : to ourselves 17:50:17 From agnes borinsky : and each craft a single gesture 17:50:24 From agnes borinsky : what, you might ask, is a gesture 17:50:25 From agnes borinsky : ? 17:50:27 From agnes borinsky : well 17:50:29 From agnes borinsky : a gesture 17:50:31 From agnes borinsky : i think? 17:50:37 From agnes borinsky : has a beginning, a middle, and an end 17:50:40 From agnes borinsky : it involves the body 17:50:46 From agnes borinsky : and that it includes motion 17:50:47 From agnes borinsky : and also 17:50:50 From agnes borinsky : it includes breath 17:50:52 From agnes borinsky : attention 17:50:55 From agnes borinsky : intention 17:50:57 From agnes borinsky : stillness 17:50:58 From agnes borinsky : and time 17:51:01 From agnes borinsky : so 17:51:17 From agnes borinsky : let’s take five minutes, and each craft, with care, a gesture? 17:51:20 From agnes borinsky : any questions? 17:51:30 From Lila Rachel Becker : ?is the gesture to express anything 17:51:33 From agnes borinsky : ah! 17:51:37 From agnes borinsky : important question!!!!!!!!! 17:51:45 From Gus Heagerty : !!!!!!!! 17:51:49 From agnes borinsky : it should have its toes, its roots, its fingers, its something 17:52:00 From agnes borinsky : in something of the inventories we just shared 17:52:09 From agnes borinsky : thank you, Lila 17:52:17 From agnes borinsky : okay? 17:52:18 From Raphi Soifer (he/they) : just a technical question: should our screens be on during these 5 minutes? does it matter? 17:52:26 From agnes borinsky : doesn’t matter, i don’t think 17:52:29 From agnes borinsky : might feel nice to be off? 17:52:44 From agnes borinsky : and then rebeca will ring the bowl again when it’s time to come back 17:52:58 From Eve Beglarian : do we want the gesture to be sharable to others via zoom, or solely private 17:53:32 From agnes borinsky : it should be something you can share in another small group on zoom 17:53:36 From agnes borinsky : even if not all of it is visible 17:53:39 From agnes borinsky : if that makes sense? 17:53:55 From agnes borinsky : but at least some of it should be 17:58:12 From agnes borinsky : okay! 17:58:14 From agnes borinsky : welcome back 17:58:25 From agnes borinsky : i’m going to send us into breakout rooms again 17:58:28 From agnes borinsky : different ones 17:58:38 From agnes borinsky : and the first - main - thing we’re going to do is 17:58:41 From agnes borinsky : each share our gesture 17:58:47 From agnes borinsky : we’re each going to share it twice 17:58:50 From agnes borinsky : share it once 17:58:51 From agnes borinsky : then 17:58:53 From agnes borinsky : take a breath 17:58:55 From agnes borinsky : a deep breath 17:58:57 From agnes borinsky : a good pause 17:59:01 From agnes borinsky : and then share it again 17:59:13 From agnes borinsky : and then after that we’ll all come back together 17:59:16 From agnes borinsky : yah? 17:59:23 From agnes borinsky : here we go 18:05:52 From agnes borinsky : welcome back 18:05:54 From agnes borinsky : ! 18:05:59 From agnes borinsky : so 18:06:06 From wintermiller : <3! 18:06:08 From agnes borinsky : you’re now the keeper of each others’ archive 18:06:12 From agnes borinsky : those gestures 18:06:17 From agnes borinsky : have vanished 18:06:23 From agnes borinsky : except they live inside your skin 18:06:36 From agnes borinsky : and the activity we just performed 18:06:40 From agnes borinsky : was, i guess, of witnessing 18:06:44 From agnes borinsky : and being present 18:06:48 From wintermiller : AND DOING 18:06:52 From agnes borinsky : AND DOING 18:06:53 From agnes borinsky : yes 18:06:59 From agnes borinsky : there was mutuality 18:07:06 From agnes borinsky : let’s take a deep breath 18:07:10 From agnes borinsky : and before we talk a little about it 18:07:17 From agnes borinsky : let’s just fill the chat with some sensations 18:07:20 From agnes borinsky : and fragments 18:07:23 From agnes borinsky : from the entire session 18:07:27 From agnes borinsky : from when we arrived 18:07:28 From agnes borinsky : till now 18:07:31 From agnes borinsky : what comes to mind 18:07:33 From Sarah Tuft (she/her) : release 18:07:34 From agnes borinsky : little phrases, moments 18:07:39 From Lauren Miller : Playfulness! 18:07:39 From Catherine Weingarten : oddness 18:07:41 From Sarah Tuft (she/her) : delighted attention to other 18:07:41 From SARA LYONS : tiniest. bit. of. hope. 18:07:43 From Lila Rachel Becker : exhale 18:07:46 From Sarah Krasnow : sharing 18:07:47 From michellenavis : A lil giddy! 18:07:47 From Maia Karo : Joy of non-verbal existence 18:07:48 From Catherine Weingarten : new connections 18:07:48 From Sarah Krasnow : appreciating 18:07:49 From Angel Z : shared heart matrix 18:07:49 From patrick ferreri (he/him) : Tender 18:07:51 From Allyson Dwyer : Heart racing 18:07:51 From Carly B : folding in tenderness 18:07:52 From Shara Feit : it feels good to laugh 18:07:53 From Angel Z : sweetness 18:07:53 From Raphi Soifer (he/they) : gato 18:07:54 From Sarah Krasnow : funny 18:07:56 From Catherine Weingarten : networking as humans 18:07:56 From Maia Karo : Gratitude 18:07:56 From Jordan Baum : being taken from the breakout room 18:07:59 From Kate Benson : nostalgia for a time 30 years ago when coming up with a good gesture in movement class felt urgent 18:07:59 From karinne k syers : Small sweet relief 18:08:00 From Sarah Krasnow : smiles 18:08:02 From Catherine Weingarten : curioisties 18:08:02 From Angel Z : true sweetness 18:08:05 From Elise Wien (she/her) : expecting something to be done but then having it not be done 18:08:07 From SARA LYONS : @Kate yes. 18:08:07 From Sarah Krasnow : playing 18:08:07 From Yehuda Hyman : worried 18:08:08 From patrick ferreri (he/him) : sacred 18:08:08 From Raphi Soifer (he/they) : auras 18:08:09 From Catherine Weingarten : lol re Kate 18:08:09 From Daniel Krane (he/they) : Intimacy w/ strangers 18:08:11 From Yehuda Hyman : sneezy 18:08:12 From Carmen R. : kindness 18:08:15 From Lucy Jackson (she/her) : breaking out of an invisible shell 18:08:16 From agnes borinsky : i love the laughter and nodding 18:08:17 From Maia Karo : @Kate !!!!! 18:08:20 From Lila Rachel Becker : nonverbal connections like in the beforetimes! 18:08:20 From Catherine Weingarten : sexy sadness 18:08:25 From Carly B : porousness and receptivity 18:08:25 From Daniel Scharfman : yes intimacy 18:08:25 From Mishy Jacobson : Giving 18:08:29 From Angel Z : relief in absence of the word 18:08:29 From Raphi Soifer (he/they) : restlessness 18:08:32 From Yehuda Hyman : reveal 18:08:33 From SARA LYONS : things someone else’s body dos 18:08:34 From Catherine Weingarten : embarrassing urself in a fun way! 18:08:34 From SARA LYONS : *does 18:08:34 From Yehuda Hyman : stripping 18:08:35 From Mishy Jacobson : Offerings 18:08:35 From Daniel Krane (he/they) : Fire 18:08:35 From wintermiller : monkeys 18:08:37 From Daniel Scharfman : warmth 18:08:39 From Jordan Baum : i miss declan 18:08:42 From Daniel Krane (he/they) : Goofy 18:08:43 From Noel Allain : looking at each other 18:08:51 From Allyson Dwyer : letting go 18:08:53 From wintermiller : apes 18:08:53 From Catherine Weingarten : who is declan re jordan 18:08:54 From Angel Z : spark 18:08:58 From Carly B : grinning at a stranger 18:09:01 From Maia Karo : Seeing and being seen 18:09:03 From Jordan Baum : and paul k. smith 18:09:09 From SARA LYONS : everyone here feels familliar 18:09:10 From Eve Beglarian : mirroring as intimacy 18:09:11 From Jordan Baum : declan is often here 18:09:12 From Catherine Weingarten : sweetness 18:09:16 From Lauren Miller : Having a body, and how weird that is 18:09:17 From SARA LYONS : also miss paul k smith 18:09:17 From Catherine Weingarten : oo thanks re jordan 18:09:19 From patrick ferreri (he/him) : (Dis)comfortable silence 18:09:23 From Lucy Jackson (she/her) : @lauren yes 18:09:24 From agnes borinsky : so now we have these memories of each others gestures 18:09:25 From michellenavis : Hey I know you 18:09:32 From wintermiller : box trAVEL IS real 18:09:33 From agnes borinsky : don’t let me stop you 18:09:35 From agnes borinsky : ! 18:09:38 From agnes borinsky : if there are more bubbling 18:09:41 From agnes borinsky : but 18:09:47 From agnes borinsky : so now we have these memories of each other’s gestures 18:09:50 From Kate Benson : i also would enjoy seeing everyone’s gestures and sort of deliciously frustrated that I did not 18:09:51 From Dina Vovsi : @Michelle! Yes! 18:10:15 From agnes borinsky : what, exactly, do those memories hold? if they were a jar in the fridge and someone pulled it out and said to you, “what’s in here?” what would you say? 18:10:28 From wintermiller : leftovwrs 18:10:29 From SARA LYONS : November 2 2020 18:10:38 From Allyson Dwyer : A monumental moment 18:10:38 From Lila Rachel Becker : @sara yes!!!!! 18:10:39 From Sarah Krasnow : before we knew 18:10:41 From Jody and Jeffrey : Touch Kate— I very much wanted to see yehuda’s because he’s a dancer 18:10:48 From Lauren Miller : Pent up gas (possibly gross, possibly explosive) 18:10:48 From Catherine Weingarten : transitional loneliness weirdness of isolation but openness 18:10:53 From karinne k syers : Something simple you can do 18:10:53 From SARA LYONS : yehuda’s was awesome 18:10:54 From Daniel Krane (he/they) : Applause 18:10:54 From Sarah Krasnow : doing what we can 18:10:58 From Daniel Krane (he/they) : “Am I doing viewpoints right now?" 18:11:05 From Kate Benson : yeah something fermenting 18:11:11 From Noel Allain : i tried making a sauce. It’s…interesting. 18:11:12 From Allyson Dwyer : real clarity/therapy in experience 18:11:13 From Kate Benson : @ daniel :) 18:11:17 From wintermiller : vermont 18:11:18 From Elise Wien (she/her) : fridge light off too dark to see in jar 18:11:20 From Raphi Soifer (he/they) : a great reckoning, with a quotidian twist 18:11:21 From Mishy Jacobson : Readiness 18:11:22 From Lila Rachel Becker : grad school trauma 18:11:23 From Catherine Weingarten : hah re noel 18:11:29 From Jody and Jeffrey : smiles a little bits of laughter that had cracked due to cold 18:11:38 From Yehuda Hyman : Tasty cold cuts 18:11:41 From agnes borinsky : so that’s what’s in the memory 18:11:42 From Yehuda Hyman : vegan 18:11:45 From Sarah Krasnow : fun surprise 18:11:46 From patrick ferreri (he/him) : The moment(s) before 18:11:52 From agnes borinsky : keep going yes lol 18:11:55 From Catherine Weingarten : close to being open but maybe open but maybe not 18:12:01 From Lauren Miller : Bit off fingernails 18:12:03 From Raphi Soifer (he/they) : @daniel, you’ve already begun 18:12:04 From agnes borinsky : that’s what’s in the jar 18:12:04 From Allyson Dwyer : kindness 18:12:07 From agnes borinsky : what’s in the memory 18:12:09 From Daniel Krane (he/they) : Lil bits of personality crossing the zoom divide 18:12:13 From agnes borinsky : and we said we’re keeping it 18:12:19 From agnes borinsky : but where, exactly, is it being kept? 18:12:20 From Catherine Weingarten : chocolate 18:12:21 From Dina Vovsi : A reminder of something to return to. 18:12:25 From patrick ferreri (he/him) : no fixed expiration 18:12:35 From Catherine Weingarten : pantry! 18:12:39 From wintermiller : I want to go to @Eve Beglarian’s box. 18:12:48 From Noel Allain : feelings of community 18:12:54 From Eve Beglarian : you’re so invited!!! 18:12:55 From SARA LYONS : mirrors 18:12:56 From Lauren Miller : Dirt cellar underground 18:12:57 From Sarah Tuft (she/her) : A jar if moments fraught with finding peace with being part of living history 18:12:59 From wintermiller : wheeeeeeeeeee 18:12:59 From patrick ferreri (he/him) : In the back of the fridge where we find it again from time to time 18:13:04 From Catherine Weingarten : alice in wonderland rabbithole 18:13:05 From Lila Rachel Becker : buried in the ground, like a time capsule 18:13:08 From Sarah Krasnow : lightning bugs 18:13:12 From Daniel Krane (he/they) : Tiny treasure chest 18:13:12 From Yehuda Hyman : Awkward yet ok 18:13:12 From wintermiller : Hey agnes? 18:13:15 From agnes borinsky : last question - for now - 18:13:17 From agnes borinsky : yah? 18:13:21 From wintermiller : nevermind. 18:13:28 From agnes borinsky : ok! 18:13:33 From agnes borinsky : where will it be in ten years, this memory? 18:13:45 From SARA LYONS : now 18:13:46 From michellenavis : Page in my notebook 18:13:51 From Lila Rachel Becker : g-d willing in the back of the fucking closet, waiting to be discovered when i move 18:13:51 From Catherine Weingarten : obscured, papered over 18:13:57 From Yehuda Hyman : in a tear 18:14:02 From Raphi Soifer (he/they) : in a box of journals 18:14:03 From Catherine Weingarten : in a cupcake 18:14:04 From wintermiller : composted 18:14:04 From Sarah Tuft (she/her) : merged with the moment 18:14:05 From Mishy Jacobson : Held 18:14:07 From Shara Feit : somewhere i’ll find it if i need it, i hope 18:14:08 From Sarah Krasnow : remembered when I remember something else related 18:14:10 From Maia Karo : A deep breath 18:14:10 From Raphi Soifer (he/they) : or transmogrified into a silly sad song 18:14:11 From Yehuda Hyman : In a typo 18:14:19 From Carmen R. : In a play 18:14:21 From patrick ferreri (he/him) : in the crack of light just before a midnight snack 18:14:22 From Lauren Miller : Decomposed OR like really valuable and aged and of a time past 18:14:28 From Angel Z : maybe it will have become another memory recycled through material of memory 18:14:28 From karinne k syers : Little quick memory association when stumbling upon zoom as an obsolete technology 18:14:29 From Catherine Weingarten : yas re carmen 18:14:29 From Daniel Krane (he/they) : Off w/ bing bong? 18:14:37 From Jody and Jeffrey : Yes CArmen 18:14:48 From agnes borinsky : these are gorgeous y’all 18:14:49 From Raphi Soifer (he/they) : sticking out of the floorboards, forgotten until i stub my toe or trip over it 18:14:50 From agnes borinsky : i’m in love 18:14:54 From SARA LYONS : not. on zoom 18:15:01 From Lila Rachel Becker : underwater 18:15:05 From wintermiller : hey agnes? (take two) 18:15:09 From agnes borinsky : yah! 18:15:09 From Sarah Tuft (she/her) : we will laugh at Zoom but revel in the moment of communion 18:15:09 From Yehuda Hyman : in a stranger’s waking up in the middle of the night 18:15:12 From Lauren Miller : In the way I wash my hair 18:15:21 From wintermiller : could we try something? if it’s ok 18:15:24 From Noel Allain : In a feeling of having tried with other people. 18:15:26 From Elise Wien (she/her) : still in the back of the fridge bc my roommates never clean out their fuckin quadrants 18:15:27 From SARA LYONS : in noodles for dinner 18:15:29 From Mishy Jacobson : In a lucid dream 18:15:37 From wintermiller : an experiment? 18:15:40 From Yehuda Hyman : In a creamy luce 18:15:49 From Eve Beglarian : listening @wintermiller 18:15:50 From Maia Karo : In the insistence of hope 18:15:56 From agnes borinsky : yah @ listening! 18:15:59 From wintermiller : ok! 18:16:11 From wintermiller : I want to invite everyone to pick up one of the movements 18:16:17 From wintermiller : that you witnessed or did 18:16:19 From Yehuda Hyman : it will be reborn as a different memory 18:16:20 From wintermiller : and do it, AND 18:16:24 From Jody and Jeffrey : Hard to read the chat and watch everyone’s face which is part of the community for me 18:16:28 From wintermiller : when anyone else sees what someone 18:16:33 From wintermiller : is doing and is drawn to it... 18:16:38 From wintermiller : take on the movement. 18:16:43 From wintermiller : and morph it. 18:16:53 From Eve Beglarian : like a Pauline Oliveros deep listening, yes 18:16:53 From agnes borinsky : let’s do it :) 18:16:53 From wintermiller : So that everyone is engaged in a movment 18:16:56 From Yehuda Hyman : You will see a stranger in the park and he will do that gesture and you will think - I know that. 18:17:02 From wintermiller : right. 18:17:15 From karinne k syers : Like the OA 18:17:16 From Jody and Jeffrey : lovely 18:17:22 From agnes borinsky : let’s do it! 18:17:25 From Lila Rachel Becker : YES OA 18:17:27 From agnes borinsky : we have already begun 18:19:04 From agnes borinsky : beauty beauty :) 18:19:13 From agnes borinsky : thank you, winter ! 18:19:17 From agnes borinsky : and y'all 18:19:24 From agnes borinsky : i’m not recording this 18:19:26 From wintermiller : (thank you!!) 18:19:27 From agnes borinsky : i will start n a second 18:19:31 From agnes borinsky : so these gestures 18:19:33 From agnes borinsky : that moment 18:19:37 From agnes borinsky : truly are just inside you 18:19:44 From agnes borinsky : the last thing - two things - 18:19:48 From agnes borinsky : we’re going to do 18:19:50 From agnes borinsky : is with our voices 18:19:52 From agnes borinsky : so get ready 18:19:58 From agnes borinsky : and we’re going to read aloud this long poem 18:20:04 From agnes borinsky : that i think is a good container for this moment 18:20:07 From agnes borinsky : on november 2 2020 18:20:12 From agnes borinsky : and it’s a complicated poem 18:20:17 From agnes borinsky : and there are parts that bug me 18:20:23 From agnes borinsky : it’s from the 60s i think? 18:20:33 From agnes borinsky : but i think the torrent of it is what we need 18:20:36 From agnes borinsky : so i’ll share the link 18:20:41 From agnes borinsky : and we’ll just take turns reading aloud 18:20:46 From agnes borinsky : read a paragraph or so and then stop 18:20:50 From agnes borinsky : and someone else will start 18:20:53 From agnes borinsky : yah? 18:21:02 From agnes borinsky : https://www.rustchukfarm.org/uploads/1/3/1/5/131554713/ancientrain.pdf 18:21:06 From agnes borinsky : it’s called the ancient rain 18:21:11 From agnes borinsky : it’s by bob kaufman 18:21:29 From Raphi Soifer (he/they) : @agnes, i can’t get the link to work 18:21:29 From agnes borinsky : so someone can start with “at the illusion world…” 18:21:34 From Raphi Soifer (he/they) : could you do a screen share? 18:21:37 From agnes borinsky : yep! 18:21:56 From Maia Karo : Can’t open it either 18:22:14 From wintermiller : I’m off book! 18:22:22 From Catherine Weingarten : get it winter!! 18:22:36 From agnes borinsky : we can start as soon as someone is ready to start 18:30:56 From Sarah Tuft (she/her) : Great to connect with everyone! I have to dash at 6:30!! 18:39:00 From agnes borinsky : thank you all 18:39:07 From agnes borinsky : i realize we’re over time 18:39:09 From agnes borinsky : but one last thing 18:39:11 From agnes borinsky : yes! 18:42:54 From agnes borinsky : thank you all 18:43:00 From agnes borinsky : goodnight <3 18:43:03 From Angel Z : how beautiful