how important pacing is! i mean, it's everything really, but not everything. how to recognize the amounts of space being given by others, how much may also be missing, how much space one is giving and using, and understanding all the general elements and forms in action. disciplining the emotions and personal intentions through a greater awareness, observing the mind, the blood's pulse, for the sake of making collective spontaneous art! patience and maturity to step back or stand still and just wait, to suppress habits, to watch. to figure out what unique is going on and how to fit in to assist in its development, hearing something else unique and of the moment for the sake of group potential. to not allow any illusive "pressures" to form in the development of this task just because it's going public. like mathematics, these unique worlds of formulas which can derive every time from the experience... i think it's important to meditate on these things sometimes amidst evolution. though i'm implying all this in regards to improvisation in music, it can actually pertain to much more than that and often without us even knowing it... June 15, 2008