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Camp Caravan, Royalston, Massachusetts.
A grey, warm, beginning day at Camp Caravan.
12.54 Electric-looping guitar music at breakfast.
Guitar meeting at 10.30. Continuing to establish familiarity with the basic forms; a small Inner Circle of 9 to make the patterns clearer.
And if in doubt, have a whizz!
Personal meetings beginning just after 11.30.
14.07 Good comments at lunch on the evolving forms & patterns; their nomenclature; an examination & testing of circulating, including small group examples standing & clapping, and clapping around the table.
Victor presented an example from his small group, of a satisfying form: alternating (5-2) + (3-1) to the left. This led to discussion of how & where & what happened with +2 or -1 or - 2, and how do we understand this?
How may we arrive at a position where a Crafty from one part of the world can meet with a Team from another, and immediately know what to do when a form is called.
14.33 The Variegation Victor I:
(5-2) alternating (3-1), in a circle of 7, moving to the left…
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14.39 The sky has opened & Hellboy Tom has arrived.
21.30 Evening T-ai Chi was held in the conservatory, because of rain.
Silence visited at dinner. A Happy Birthday played by a clearly-recognisable trio-version of Horn Up Your Ass, although they weren’t fully sure of their identity & lineage.
22.34 A few words on the morning sitting.
"If in doubt, consult tradition.
If still in doubt, consult your experience.
If still in doubt, consult your body."
