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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 16:31:06 -0500
MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Dear Maria and Cristy and all storytelling friends=2C = Yes=2C I gained much =93release=94 or personal growth participating = in many of Ira Progoff=92s Intensive Journal workshops=2E I owe a = great dept of gratitude to Dr=2E Progoff and his sensitive = students for helping me move from =93hurting=94 to =93healing=94-- = whatever those words might mean=2E =2E =2E although I still have = much to learn=2E Although Dr=2E Progoff did not intend that we use his methods = as writing techniques=2C I now use his methods -- especially his = dialogue method in =93At a Journal Workshop=94 (chapter =234) -- in = storytelling writing=2E Progoff conveyed an intimate familiarity = with Jung=92s work=2E = I also participated in one of Dr=2E Progoff=92s =93Life-Study=94 = workshops=2C and benefited greatly by selecting an appropriate = surrogate father hero=2E I now sometimes use his book=2C =93Life- Study=94 (ISBN 0-87941-012-4) to elaborate the =93Bobby Dick=94 = character (i=2Ee=2E between the ages of 4 and 17=2E) = Yes=2C what a =93tragic=94 loss of your student=92s brother who died = while riding his bicycle! And how remarkable that the = protagonist=92s act of storytelling seems to invite healing! = When I studied with J=2E L=2E Moreno and Zerka at the Moreno = Academy at Beacon Hill=2C N=2EY=2E I recall Dr=2E Moreno=92s great = appreciation for a creative process he summed up in the word = =93Sharing=2E=94 The word doesn=92t sound very sophisticated=2C does it=3F= = Although I have not found this word in Moreno=92s many books = or journals=2C as a teacher or trainer=2C he strongly emphasized = =93sharing=94 as an absolutely essential quality for healing=2E = Humor in negative=3A Professor Rosary O=92Neill =96 who teaches = drama =96 simplifies (for me) =93tragedy=94 as an issue of life and = death=2C and =93comedy=94 as risking something vital to you=2C like all = your money=2C if you=92re greedy=2C or your looks=2C if you=92re vain=2E = Some may recall Jack Benny=27s =22longest pause=22 when confronted = by the robber who said=3A =22Your money=2C or your life!=22 Robert Monaghan Groveport Ohio ------------------------------- To Unsubscribe from Healingstory send the message: unsubscribe healingstory to: listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu ------------------------------- | ||