Type: Individual / Group
Duration: 15–30 minutes
Materials: Masking tape, four placards
Purpose:
To make visible the shifting relational models through which “self” and “other” are inferred, and to loosen identification with any single position.
START
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[Prepare the field]
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│ Mark a large cross on the floor
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│ Label quadrants:
│ • I’m OK : You’re OK
│ • I’m Not OK : You’re OK
│ • I’m OK : You’re Not OK
│ • I’m Not OK : You’re Not OK
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[Enter the space]
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│ Stand anywhere
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[Explore positions]
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│ Walk slowly through each quadrant
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│ In each position, notice:
│ • Body posture
│ • Movement quality
│ • Typical thoughts or phrases
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│ Do not analyse
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[Choose preferred position]
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│ Go to the place you most like to be
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[Inquiry]
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│ Ask silently:
│ • Why did I choose this place?
│ • What do I get from being here?
│ • What does it cost me?
│ • How much time do I spend here?
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[Choose avoided position]
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│ Go to the place you least like to be
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[Inquiry]
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│ Ask silently:
│ • Why did I choose this place?
│ • What do I get from being here?
│ • What does it cost me?
│ • How much time do I spend here?
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[Choose “belonging” position]
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│ Go to the place you believe you belong
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│ (If already visited, skip to final question)
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[Inquiry]
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│ Ask silently:
│ • Why did I choose this place?
│ • What do I get from being here?
│ • What does it cost me?
│ • How much time do I spend here?
│ • Who told me this is where I belong?
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[Pause]
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│ Stand still
│ Notice the whole field
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END
Group Expansion
- Participants move fGreely within the corral
- Interact briefly from chosen positions
- Notice shifts in stance and tone
- Discuss differences in preference
- Allow persuasion playfully, not competitively
Practice Notes
- No position is treated as correct or final.
- The aim is mobility, not improvement.
- Insight arises when positions are seen as contextual strategies, not identities.
Marginal Annotation
These positions are not who we are.
They are relational models invoked to manage uncertainty.
Context-Oriented Arts Note
- The floor becomes a map of inference.
- Movement replaces explanation.
- Context reveals itself spatially rather than conceptually.
Entropy Footnote
Relational certainty is a way of reducing social entropy.
This algorithm restores flexibility by revealing how easily certainty reorganises itself.
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