Day 17: String theory

In keeping with the current JAMS session's environmental theme, artists read The Earth Game, by Pam Conrad, about how individual actions have real effects on the planet. Taking a page (so to speak) directly from the story, artists connected themselves by wrapping twine around their fingers. When one person tugged, everyone felt the effects.

Artists then shared things they would change about their behaviors, and placed their corners of the twine on the floor. The final challenge involved stepping point-to-point to exit the newly formed twine-agon without bumping into others. The real-life idea is that we each follow our own path, which in turn affects the paths of others. We are all connected, including Mother Earth! Or, in the words of Lauryn Hill (and Diana Ross, and probably a lot of Buddhists), "Everything is everything!"