During one of the sessions – exploring creativity – the participants were given a dialogue that they were free to add text on, but couldn’t distract anything, we wanted to see how creatively different people would redo the text and where it would lead them. Here is the original text and what the participants came up with:
“Hey.”
“Hey yourself.”
“We need to talk.”
“Okay.”
“I need to tell you something.”
“Okay.”
“I’m late.”
“To what?”
“I’m late.”
“Oh.”
“I took the test. And it’s positive.”
“You’re positive? I mean, you’re sure?”
“Yes.”
“Wow.”
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Lucy Gavrilenko
SAD STORY
– Hey, roomie.
– Hey yourself. I gotta go now
– Okay, roomie. What’s happened?
– I told you, couldn’t escape from the justice. I late. I mean, we late.
– No no no. YOU late, not we.
– We did it together, so I won’t take all the responsibility and let you live and die in peace, while I’m dying in prison for what we’ve done.
– I went to police. They got us. I did the test, they pushed me. And it’s positive. We need that ship , we need those tickets right now or police, or what is even worse, HE will find us.
– What does it mean? Did they find that blood at the site?.. So what? Is it positive? Are you sure?
– Yes.
– Oh my god, wow… So many years passed… I thought they have forgotten about the evidence…
– What are you doing? Is it a knife?! Are you mad?! I saved your life! Don’t you forget about it?!..
To be continued
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Onur Elmas
“Hey.”
“Hey yourself.”
“We need to talk.”
“Okay.”
“I need to tell you something.”
“Okay.”
“I’m late.”
“To what?”
“I’m late.”
“Oh.”
“I took the test. And it’s positive.”
“You’re positive? I mean, you’re sure?”
“Yes.”
“Wow.”
“So what do you think? ”
“Well the doctor prescribed me some medication for my condition but I’m not sure what will happen next.”
“Are you gonna take the medication?”
“I already did and I think I’m gonna regret it”
“If you think you are gonna regret it then why did you take it?”
“I just wanna move forward and be able to take care of myself without being a too much burden for you, you understand me, right? ”
“But will you still be yourself?”
“I just wanna start my all over without the people around me judging me.”
“I’m not judging you.”
“I know and I’m very grateful for that. Sometimes I feel like you are my only true friend that actually takes me seriously but you should know that I’m doing this for the greater good of both of us. Are you angry at me?”
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I can’t hear you anymore…
Valeriia Zubatenko
– Hey, Martha.
– Hey yourself I want to say, but I wouldn’t.
– We need to talk.
– That’s not the answer “Okay” – you should say to show me how important I am.
– I need to tell you something.
– You didn’t say. Okay. Anything that you will say would turn into “Okay”.
– I’m late.
– To illuminate. This words are just a kind of being kindness to each other. To what. You probably want to say. I know: you – won’t.
– I’m late – exactly what I mean. And nothing else I said.
– Oh.
– I took the test. And it’s Okay. That’s something positive, I guess.
– You are trying being positive. I see this and more. I mean, are you sure that it’s all that you want to say?
– Yes.
– And it’s the word that opposes to “No”. Wow.
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“How Can Philosophy Ruin Your Conversation”
Tiancheng Liu
– Hey.
– Hey, know yourself, be yourself, and speak for yourself.
– We need to talk.
– I agree with Montaigne that perfect friendship is “two bodies sharing the same soul” – but is our relation so close that it’s okay for you to speak for me?
– I need to tell you something.
– Are you genuinely need to talk? Or it’s okay for you to presume that talking would let you feel better?
– I’m late.
– Comparing to what standard, and are you sure that is the right standard to compare?
– I’m late.
– Oh, ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus says “we cannot step twice into the same river”. Thus how can you repeat the identical sentence twice given the fact that it violates natural law?
– I took the test. And it’s positive.
– You’re positive? I mean, you’re sure what is positive or negative? Is white positive, or is black positive? Is introversion negative, or is extraversion negative? And how can you distinguish personal preference from universal truth?
– Yes.
– Wow, then it seems you regard yourself as a prophet, or the embodiment of truth. In either case, I’m afraid that mindset won’t lead to fruitful discussion. So, see you next time 🙂