Dear Performers,

Let it  be noted that this phenomenon also applies to those of us who were privileged to be cast in the role of "observers." My brain waves were definitely re-arranged and I still feel as if I'm operating in some liminal world (though I'm back at work).

Thanks to all of you who worked so hard and put so much of yourselves into the production.  It was extraordinary.

Heather Dolstra

From: winedale-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:winedale-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Alice Gordon
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 12:55 PM
To: David Ziegler; winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] we should have had them study us, huh?

Dearest David, and All,

I woke up this morning at Blue Mountain Center to find copies of this very article scattered around the public tables, thanks to our executive director.

How can it have ended? Did we just slumber there while those visions did appear?

I THINK NOT.

Much love to you all, and more anon.

Alice

-----Original Message-----
From: David Ziegler
Sent: Aug 16, 2010 11:35 AM
To: winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Winedale-l] we should have had them study us, huh?

Here's an article about technology and nature.  Too bad they didn't study us, huh?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/technology/16brain.html?_r=2&hp

These folks, being scientists, are concerned about ways of measuring brain effects that occur when you remove technology and put yourself in a non-urban environment.  They replace their normal, quotidien activities with rowing.  Imagine if the results they'd find if they could replaced them with the activities we did this past week:  barn cleaning, speaking Shakespeare's words, dancing and moving to his words, singing together, caring for one another, listening to one another, seeing deer, preparing for the great gift we gave our audience of friends, and so on.  Their poor little CAT scans would evidence colors of a rainbow only seen by moon and starlight.

Missing you all so much already,

David