Creativity Assist, Focusing, Past
I assist others in their process of creating works of art - art, that communicates a meaningful story to themselves and others. In that context assisting means practicing conscious silence. Stop making your sense, see the other, hear the other, deep listening... remember when for the first time I tried to hire - after finishing acting school, done being an actor, it was a scary shit being an actor it was - as an assistant producer at one of the wealthy german theatres: I was interviewed about my motivation by one of the honorable state agents: “Nothing for a narcissist like you! “ he judged.
And he was right, was right in Frankfurt a.M., 1993...
Eugene T. Gendlin writes in “Focusing - how to gain direct access to your body’s knowledge” :
“Focusing and Listening are like that, like talking to a person who makes your experience expand. In Focusing you must be that kind of person within yourself. And you can also be that way with others, and show them how to be that way for you. “