THE AND (I)

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NOTE: Do this exercise FOUR times throughout the course! They are listed as four separate assignments (The And I, The And II, The And III, and The And IV.) REMEMBER: Each one will have its own set of instructions!

Please upload recordings into the cloud (e.g. onedrive, google drive, youtube, dropbox), and include a shareable link in your reflection.

THEORY: The AND cards are like bridges between the surface level most of our conversations take place on and the deepest levels philosophy can take us to.

Each of the four "The And" exercises in this course will become progressively more philosophical and will integrate the other lesson from the week. You'll see -- just follow the Instructions for each session :)

And now let's turn to your first set of instructions, for this assignment: The AND I...

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Find a partner* and start recording. RECORDINGS SHOULD BE A MINIMUM OF 30 minutes (Feel free to do multiple sessions, so long as they all add up to 30 minutes).

2. Deal each player 10 "THE AND" cards.

3. Ask each other the questions posed on the cards. Go as deep as you can. (Then go deeper.) You can modify questions as appropriate. Now YOU answer the question deeply as well.

5. Discuss with your partner what it was like to respond to that question.

6. Keep going until you reach the 30 minute mark (and feel free to keep going beyond that!). Remember that we're looking for depth, not breadth. Better to go deeply into one or two questions than to rush to get through all the cards. I would never imagine you could meaningfully get into all of your cards in 30 minutes...So don't try.

7. Write a 500 word reflection on that experience: What shifted in your relationship through this conversation? What did you learn about your conversation partner? About yourself?

7. Upload the recording to the cloud (google drive, one drive, youtube etc.) and get a shareable link and put it in your reflection.

*A central part of this course will consist in discussing what you're learning and having deep conversations with people in your life through the AND card assignments.. The ideal person to partner up with is someone who you'll still be in relationship with after the course is over (friend, family, partner, co-worker, etc.). You can find someone in the class, but that's not necessary at all and, tbh, if you're not going to retain a connection with them after the class, they're not ideal. (on the other hand, maybe you'll make a lasting connection, in which case, they're perfect!)