Exercise 11: Chaos and Coins: do exercise as described by Tharp. Write 1-2 paragraphs on your process and findings
For this exercise, It said to gathered up coins until you have a handful and then throw them into the air. Once they drop the goal is to play, fiddle, and move the coins around until you get familiar or unfamiliar geometries or shape. I did this exercise a few times to experiment with having the same coins, like all dimes, and different coins, like pennies, nickels, and dimes together in one toss. The first time I did the exercise it took me forever to find any geometries. Finally, I came up with an x shaped figure from the coins. After I did it a few more times I found easier to come up with shapes. Some other geometries I came up with were a straight line, a stick figure, a circle, and one time I just stacked all the coins to make one big tower.
Chaos and coins made me examine the creative process. I found that this exercise gave me freedom to explore my creativity. I was not restricted in anyway, which I loved. But I did notice that I needed to keep an open mind. For instance, if I was thinking about a flower even before I tossed the coins in the …show more content…
What were some names you came up with yourself?
After reading the directions for the exercise I was excited to try it. Even though in the book it said it was not yoga, it reminded me of it. I liked the freedom that went along with this exercise. It was almost like the chaos and coins in that matter. Since we had no limitations and no restrictions. At times I was thinking in my head, “oh no, I don’t know what to do next,” but then I remembered that I can hold this pose for as long as I want. I have plenty of time to think and if I truly can think of anything then my falling out of my last pose will be my next pose. This exercise is stress free, which makes it more
For this exercise, It said to gathered up coins until you have a handful and then throw them into the air. Once they drop the goal is to play, fiddle, and move the coins around until you get familiar or unfamiliar geometries or shape. I did this exercise a few times to experiment with having the same coins, like all dimes, and different coins, like pennies, nickels, and dimes together in one toss. The first time I did the exercise it took me forever to find any geometries. Finally, I came up with an x shaped figure from the coins. After I did it a few more times I found easier to come up with shapes. Some other geometries I came up with were a straight line, a stick figure, a circle, and one time I just stacked all the coins to make one big tower.
Chaos and coins made me examine the creative process. I found that this exercise gave me freedom to explore my creativity. I was not restricted in anyway, which I loved. But I did notice that I needed to keep an open mind. For instance, if I was thinking about a flower even before I tossed the coins in the …show more content…
What were some names you came up with yourself?
After reading the directions for the exercise I was excited to try it. Even though in the book it said it was not yoga, it reminded me of it. I liked the freedom that went along with this exercise. It was almost like the chaos and coins in that matter. Since we had no limitations and no restrictions. At times I was thinking in my head, “oh no, I don’t know what to do next,” but then I remembered that I can hold this pose for as long as I want. I have plenty of time to think and if I truly can think of anything then my falling out of my last pose will be my next pose. This exercise is stress free, which makes it more