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Rethinking Performance
Posted by Joseph Riggio on Sunday, May 04, 2008Everybody seems interested in performance ... if not their own than that of others.
For some the fascination begins with the extreme performance of elite performers like Olympic level athletes, for others it can be the outstanding performance of renown entrepreneurs and investors, for others the master-class mental performances of world-class chess players are what catch their attention, yet for another group it will be the day to day performance of making a life worth living ... but regardless of the specifics what we’re talking about can be thought of as an aesthetic consideration
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Dazed and Confused …
Posted by Joseph Riggio on Thursday, May 01, 2008Moving beyond the limits ...
Leaving behind what no longer works has been a long hard road ... and yet so utterly satisfying in every drop of sweat, blood and tears shed.
Now I find myself more and more embracing and being embraced by the aesthetic ... residing in aesthetic arrest ... and finding my performances expanding in ways unimaginable ... only possible in an imaginal way ...
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Intentional Performance … Undoing the Mystery
Posted by Joseph Riggio on Sunday, March 23, 2008As always and in all things the constant is change ... sometimes this means RADICAL CHANGE! ... and sometimes this can mean more subtle change as well. Yet in all change there must be adaptation ... and the distinction for humans remains constant ... the act of ‘Becoming Human’ ... a phrase I picked up from Joseph Campbell, reiterated in many way be my own mentor Roye Fraser ... and which I now love and hold to in my own work.
For me the idea of ”Intentional Performance” ... i.e.: performance based in intentionality ... resides at the heart of all I strive to do.
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Being at TED Aspen … Day Three
Posted by Joseph Riggio on Friday, February 29, 2008It’s been a wild trip here in Aspen. Yesterday afternoon more brilliant presentations ... although to be fair some were better than others ... and the conclusion of the day’s program were the presentations by three of the TED prize winners. If nothing else the folks who hang around TED are doing things ... exciting things, interesting things, compassionate things ... but definitely not sitting around twiddling their thumbs ...
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Being at TED Aspen 2008 … Day Two
Posted by Joseph Riggio on Thursday, February 28, 2008I am at the TED Conference in Aspen and it’s Day Two ... you can join those of us who are either here in Aspen or in Monterey live virtually by visiting TED.com. I understand that they are broadcasting the conference in high quality video so you can at least see the sessions and take advantage of some of the most exciting ideas on the planet. Here’s my first review from the ground to whet your appetite for what is TED ...
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