Recently I interviewed Jozef Frucek from Fighting Monkey on a podcast*.
One of the things he talks about is bringing someone into a group setting in his workshops and “opening up the space”:
“OK, you are into “movement,” let’s see you move.”
No constraints, no starting point, just go.
Obviously, for most of us, we’d shimmy around a little bit, then pretty much freeze, and shrug our shoulders not knowing what to do next.
We get stuck.
For him, unbounded movement improvisation without instruction or direction is a practice. Something he cultivates.
With our projects, work and creativity, we find the same. Without instruction, there’s a “vacuum.”
What do we do? We are once again stuck.
And again, we find there is a hidden sweet spot here.
Through surrounding ourselves with others who lean into this vacuum, we can develop a practice of creating action in this space.
It shifts from what “should” we do, to what “can” we do.
This is the space of innovation.
*Search iTunes or Spotify for Access Potential Podcast
