nouladiamantopoulos

"Dear Tom Liacas - I have Bohm and On Dialogue in hand and am devouring this little gem - Bohms thought are illuminating mine - "the elimination of competition in discourse" is the sound of my heartbeat. Thank you"

"Dear Tom Liacas - I have Bohm and On Dialogue in hand and am devouring this little gem - Bohms thought are illuminating mine - "the elimination of competition in discourse" is the sound of my heartbeat. Thank you"

"Dear Alana, I want to take up your idea about taking out to the public and I am now exploring venues like the Sydney Opera House where there are many transient visitors and a mixed and disperse spectrum of people to engage with. And your idea of mixing the questers - that is fantastic. I am excited to spend more time with this idea and see who I can bring together to QUEST. The idea of divergent backgrounds/beliefs/perspectives holding a dialogue of Questions - wow.
Thank you - a wonderful gift for me to unravel.
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"Dear Alana Hunt - I need more time to reflect on your thoughtful and thought provoking feedback. I'm going away for a bit to 'push"."

"Dear Darren Tofts. Thank you very much for your kind words and your QUESTions! I would welcome the opportunity to discuss how QUEST might be performed at Swinburne. I would like it to be visible by the public and the opportunity for it to be en endurance performance once more. I have friends in Melbourne and would ask one to be an assistant so that the 'rules' are explained as I do not speak throughout the performance. Each person is encouraged to photograph the QUEST dialogue upon completion. I keep the original QUESTS as part of the research. I have been contemplating what public spaces you have that fit in with the conference and Swinburne University. Can this performance be at Federation Square or at the Melbourne Art Gallery since it is something you are looking to give back to the public? The peculiar thing about QUEST is that its very public performance amplifies the intimacy that is taking place between two strangers.
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"Dear Tom Liacas, I have now spent time considering your thoughts and firstly I wish to thank you for the guidance re Bohm. I was not aware of his book and have now ordered it and will add it to my research. I am excited about that as I admired Bohm for other reasons (consciousness and awareness and his spiritual journey). To respond to your questions, I am to now curious to see what might happen if QUEST was an instrument for socio/political change. I have quested with a group of psychotherapists and I have quested with corporate managers in their offices. This is the closest example I have to your question. And yes - it makes a difference to the exchange that occurs. In the corporate environment the major topic turned to work/life balance. We were not sitting in a pink imbued room and not on the floor but in a dedicated meeting room. I feel that the altered space setting plays a significant role that allows the imagination to awaken because already you may become curious about the glow however there are no reasons written or otherwise as to why its there - it attracts you and already you are beginning to wonder. In a community setting I feel a simple approach would be to create a serene space where a written dialogue of questions can be exchanged and then gathered for consideration. I am presently doing this for the over than 5000 questions that have been raised to date. I require guidance though. I have typed all of these out. I know very clearly how the individual benefits (including me) from the QUEST but how to extract the juice of it for a broader benefit - perhaps even a more universal benefit beyond what QUEST offers which is to break down the barriers to a polarity thinking process that we have been taught. noula"

"Also in response to 'are my questions leading the participant' I can clearly and truly say both yes and no. No because I am no intention to take them down a particular thought process and Yes because my response affects their thinking process as much as their response affects mine. However at all times the interpretation is subjective. I remember once somebody wrote "how are you today?" and I responded "why do you care?" and they took a long time - a very long time to respond.
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"I am grateful for the reflective feedback I have received from the curators and you have all given me food for thought. I will take the time now to sit, read and read your thoughts and respond more fully over the weekend.
I can readily say that QUEST can be performed without public view of the QUEST as well as in public view. the feedback from participants has been that once they sit, the reflective process is so intense that they re no longer aware of anything else except that which is occurring between us.


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"mee too Vida - conversations - to exchange consonants and vowels and try to make sense of the world in this way - maybe we could learn to sing to each other instead!
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