Writing exercise

MATERIALS LIST

Timer

Pen

Paper

Set your timer for 7 minutes. Make sure it is a timer that goes off when time's up, not a stop-watch. Once the timer is set and turned on you should forget about the time.

Write with pen on paper. Write without stopping. Without thinking. Just write on and on and on. Do not think of what to say and do not reflect on what you've just said. Do not judge. 

The creator must be free to create. There is too much discernment, too much evaluating, judging, that goes on in our minds constantly. That is fine if you may be eaten by a wild animal in the jungle but for most of us this worry is unfounded. 

So just write, write, and keep writing. Let your hand do the thinking for you. See what letters it makes. See and feel the weight of the pen, the friction of the tip of the pen on paper. Feel and sense that you are connected to the foundation of the universe: the pulse. 

What we are doing is not transforming your writing. What we are doing is transforming you. Writing is the tool. 

Improv is a way, a series of carefully modulated environments that allow connection with the pulse and for play to happen. 

The pulse is free. The pulse is playful. The pulse has a great sense of humor and timing. We are simply creating, through this and other exercises, the environment for connection with it. 

May the pulse be with you!

Abhay