Illustrations
Knotty Girl
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TAE Class Exercise
December, 2021
This is an illustration of the first class in a course called Thinking at the Edge (TAE) taught by Evelyn Fendler-Lee. Developed by Eugene Gendlin, TAE is a way of working with ideas for life, inner work, and creative projects, taking them further from a murky unknown edge by asking questions of yourself. The first class was dedicated to "clearing a space," an exercise of gaining awareness of how we are present with our partner.
A lecture about my research in Jerusalem provoked nervousness when the projector failed. This prompted a Focusing process of reckoning with more helpful, supportive ways of relating and interacting with people. Here are some snippets.
I gave a lecture about my book this week
But the projector failed despite my checking it the day before
The Lecture
I was speaking about borders in Jerusalem and wanted to use maps and pictures
People seemed to tune out
I spoke to fill the space, the words nervously streaming out of me. I wanted the listeners to experience something of what I felt in my encounters
Like the delight of a Palestinian woman demonstrating a childhood game of five stones
Or my wonder at an Iraqi Jewis man's recollection of Passover before 1948, when Arab villagers from Lifta came to exchange their fresh produce for matza
Sitting with this two days later, I feel a heaviness on my chest
Then on my left side, towards my neck
Like a concrete slab from the separation barrier. It was cold, lifeless
The slab dissolved and transformed into a dense woolly material
Perhaps I could engage with people in a more direct way
After Months of Isolation
In Hebrew, right to left. Click on each image to enlarge.
April 2020
Morning focusing session with Hilla
In Hebrew, right to left.
January 2020
