#art brain buzz by the burnout is strong

[viric-dreams]

At some point, Roberts gathered up her old uniforms, the ones that came with her to London, packed them into a bag weighed with stones, then cast them off into the Zee.

There's one thing she kept, however. The medals. Placed in an unornamented, unmarked box.

She's not proud of them. Not anymore. But they're a reminder. A reminder of the Commodore, of her service, of who she was, of what she did to earn them. It's not that she can't let go, but she feels she shouldn't be able to.

Maybe the box might find its way from the mantle to an old, forgotten attic corner, one day. But it stays with her. It doesn't feel right not to.

[physicallybe]

"Elevate Your Fitness Journey: Embracing the Power of Physical Exercise"

In a world that's constantly buzzing with innovation and technology, the significance of physical exercise remains timeless. While our lives might have become more sedentary, the benefits of incorporating regular physical activity into our routines are undeniable. From boosting our mood to enhancing our physical well-being, engaging in exercise is a holistic approach to leading a fulfilling life. This blog post delves into the various aspects of physical exercise and how it can empower us to reach new heights of health and vitality.

The Science Behind Exercise:

Physical exercise isn't just about lifting weights or running on a treadmill; it's a comprehensive science that involves understanding how our bodies respond to movement. When we exercise, our bodies release endorphins, often referred to as "feel-good" hormones. These endorphins not only help alleviate stress and anxiety but also contribute to an improved sense of overall well-being. Additionally, exercise increases blood flow, delivering essential nutrients and oxygen to our muscles and organs, thereby optimizing their performance.

A Strong Body and Mind Connection:

Beyond the physical benefits, regular exercise establishes a strong connection between our body and mind. Engaging in physical activities has been proven to enhance cognitive functions, boost memory, and promote mental clarity. Whether it's yoga, weightlifting, or a brisk walk in nature, these activities stimulate the brain and encourage the growth of new neurons, fostering an environment for learning and mental sharpness.

Tailoring Your Exercise Regimen:

The beauty of physical exercise lies in its diversity. There's an exercise for everyone, regardless of age, fitness level, or personal preferences. Finding an activity that resonates with you is crucial for long-term adherence. Whether it's dancing, swimming, cycling, or practicing martial arts, the key is to engage in something you genuinely enjoy. This not only makes the process more enjoyable but also increases the likelihood of sticking to your routine.

Maximizing Benefits with a Balanced Approach:

While the enthusiasm for starting a new exercise routine can be high, it's essential to approach it with balance and moderation. Overexertion or pushing too hard too soon can lead to burnout or even injuries. Gradually increasing the intensity and duration of your workouts allows your body to adapt and become stronger over time. Additionally, coupling exercise with a well-balanced diet ensures that your body receives the necessary fuel to support your active lifestyle.

Embracing Consistency and Patience:

Results from physical exercise aren't typically immediate, and that's perfectly okay. Consistency and patience are key factors in reaping the long-term benefits of your efforts. Setting achievable goals and celebrating even the smallest victories can keep you motivated on your journey. Remember, it's about progress, not perfection.

Conclusion:

Incorporating physical exercise into your life isn't just about fitting into a certain clothing size or achieving a particular aesthetic. It's a holistic approach to wellness that enriches both your body and mind. By understanding the science behind exercise, embracing a balanced approach, and cultivating consistency, you're empowering yourself to lead a life filled with vitality and well-being. So, take that first step, embark on your fitness journey, and watch as your body and mind flourish in ways you never imagined possible. Your future self will thank you for it.

[warehouse13pod]

Show Notes 106 "Burnout"

What’s that on your back, Agents?

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As always, you can click here or you can click play on the embedded player below to listen to this week’s episode as you read through the show notes.

We kicked off this week talking about writing teams, because this week’s Writer Appreciation Corner focuses on the duo of Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia. We’ll be issuing a formal correction in the podcast for 108, but I mistakenly said that writing teams were paid a full salary each. I was incorrect! And Stephen Scaia himself was kind enough to correct me!

This is important, because 1) we always want to give you the most accurate and complete information we can 2) this is not the only time or the only writing team we will be dealing as we make our way through Warehouse 13 together.

Miranda and I discussed how our podcasting partnership mirrors that of a writing team. Often it seems that we share a brain, and we’re always super supportive of each other.

Moral of the story? Get yourself a BFF like this.

We talked a little about how this episode had a darker, more X-Files-esque tone. We thought it worked really well for this episode but wasn’t sustainable in the long term, because who would want to tone down this fun energy?

We also talked a bit about how much we loved the whole team behind this episode for letting the mystery play out for us instead of relying on formulaic storytelling techniques. We liked how it showed a trust in the audience to be smart enough to follow a more complex narrative.

Leave a comment below about how you feel about these things!

Miranda pointed out the retro-futurist implications of the massive library-style card catalogue in the Warehouse 13 office.

My personal head-cannon is that they write information about new artifacts on cards and then the data automatically transfers to the digital display screens in front of each artifact in the stacks.

We mentioned that Artie and Claudia’s relationship as well as the conflict between his luddite ways and her more technology-driven approach to life gave us strong Willow-Giles vibes.

Yes, that is another Buffy the Vampire Slayer reference. #NoRegrets

After Claudia’s adorable *big reveal* of her hologram projection machine…

…Artie realizes that she’s used something called a “Bell and Howell Spectroscope.” You can find out more about that here. And you can learn about how that figures into Claudia’s hologram projector here! This whole website a great resource for all Warehouse 13 fans looking to learn a bit more about the artifacts we don’t get to talk as much about one the podcast.

In the episode, Miranda calls Claudia a necessary “fly on [Artie’s] butt” and explained that it was a reference to a Platonic philosophy. Miranda was referring to the concept of a “social gadfly.” It is the most perfect way to describe Claudia and Miranda is, as always, brilliant for thinking of the exact right term.

When Claudia smacks her hologram projector, she refers to the process as “percussive maintenance,” which is a term that anybody who lived through the 1990s and early 2000s would consider quite useful. (We all did this all the time)

Even though Artie didn’t acknowledge Claudia’s brilliance as she deserved, Claudia didn’t let it get her down! Listeners and readers, my wish for us all is that we have the confidence of Claudia! Let us not depend on others for external validation, but be kind enough to ourselves to recognize our own strengths.

(But also, don’t be Artie. When someone does something great, let them know! Everyone like compliments!)

Regarding another turn of phrase, we mention that Claudia says she “upgraded the whole megillah.” Here’s some information about that phrase here and more information about what the megillah is here and here.

Claudia realizes that the tattoo on the body of the as-yet unnamed warehouse agent is a marine symbol, but I’m not sure we get a super clear view of it. So here’s an image of what that symbol looks like.

Moving forward, we talked about the cool luggage carousel-like thing and how that brought up some major Star Trek: The Next Generation vibes.

Specifically mentioned the Holodeck and Moriarty.

We talk about Rebecca being amazing by offering Pete some cookies and we get this great pop of emotional brightness when Pete takes all the cookies!!!! One of the best moments of the whole episode.

Miranda used her amazing brain to highlight the amazing items on Artie and Claudia’s brainstorming board. The items are listed below and hyperlinked to more information about what they are/might be:

Babylonian Battery (wikipedia info here)

Teller’s Microfusion Reactor - Likely an artifact that they were brainstorming might exist based on the life and works of Edward Teller.

The Dayton Project

Gilbert’s Headstone Amber - This one took some digging to figure out! So, William Gilbert was 16th century physician, philosopher, and physicist (say that five times fast!) who is one of the people who invented the term electricity, and he used amber both as in his physical research into electricity but also as a metaphor for electric attraction. Whoever wrote that item on the chalkboard is a genius who really does their research!

Thunderer of the Nite—now I can’t see miranda’s notes, so it could have said “nite,” but I couldn’t find anything about that. What I could find was information about something called Thunderer of the Nile.

Magnetohydrodynamic Generator

Faraday

(this one reminds me of Fringe and all the Faraday cages)

ELF transmitted through Kennedy HH… (we couldn’t get the whole item there)—ELF likely refers to Extremely Low Frequency but I have no idea about the second part.

…and last but not least, the Egg of Columbus! Why did I save this one for last? Well, because I think it’s the funniest. Also, because there are three possible answers. The most likely answer is Tesla’s Egg of Columbus. But I talked with friend-of-the-show Tobie James, and she shared two other fun things that could be described as “Eggs of Columbus.” The first is the actual egg mentioned in the story of the previous link, and the second refers to puzzles of both the tangram and mechanical variety.

Thanks to Miranda and her amazing brain for capturing this list so we could ogle at the brilliance of whoever in the Art Department is responsible for this amazing and detailed background imagery. Thanks for being our Artie/Watcher, Miranda.

Yes, that is another Buffy reference! #TakeAShotEveryTimeWeReferenceBuffy #YoudBeVeryDrunk

After this, we figure out that this is called the “Spine of Saracen.” And we would like to wholeheartedly thank our amazing Expert of the Week, Dr. Suleiman Ali Mourad. He illuminated a lot of information about the term Saracen and its Crusade-age origins.

Dipping into some ~heavy themes~

Please be mindful of how you use the term “Saracen” in daily life. If you’re unsure of how to use it, don’t use it at all. Dr. Suleiman referred to the fact that it’s not always a negative term, but it can be as offensive as the N-word. Personally, I wouldn’t use it to refer to anything other than Matt Saracen of Friday Night Lights. (But seriously, though. Please don’t use the word if you’re at all concerned it could be misconstrued as offensive.)

Anyway, we talk a little bit with him and with each other about how the Islamic Golden Age flourished years before the European Renaissance. It didn’t make the final cut of the episode, but we talked a little bit about how the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) led to Eastern nations of the ancient world inheriting the important cultural works of the Greco-Roman Empire—which meant inheriting the words of Galen, the originator of most medical and nutritional knowledge in the world until the modern era. We’re talking the dominant source of knowledge for literally thousands of years. So, while the nations flourishing the the Islamic Golden Age advanced medical knowledge, Western Europe lost most of that knowledge and was plunged into the Dark Ages. You can learn more about this from a source we referenced in our 101A and B Show Notes, Food: A Cultural Culinary History by Dr. Ken Albala. More purchase options linked in the 101 A and B Show notes linked above.

Dr. Mourad talked about how this Islamic Golden Age was heavily tied to the Translation Movement in the Islamic Civilization of the age. This is a fascinating subject that I did not know about before Miranda spoke with Dr. Mourad.

That’s what I have for this week.

Hope you’re buzzed for the next ep, Agents.

[workingontravel]

A big part of the work for us is to have a good time

(You can find this text in Swedish here.) The questions I have asked in this project have often led to conversations about the loneliness of travelling. When I met the choreographers Halla Ólafsdóttir and Amanda Apetrea, it was the companionship of travelling that came up instead: how working communities create temporal and spatial frameworks for relationships, and how personal desire shapes and is shaped by these communities.

The first time I met Halla and Amanda was around 2010. They impressed me and still do, with their creative autonomy and their collectivities influenced by feminism.

  Halla Ólafsdóttir and Amanda Apetrea

Amanda: 2013 was a groovy travel year. We were at the spring meeting of PAF (Performing Arts Forum). It’s always both up and down at PAF. But we had confit de canard and smoked pot and went to the store and bought huge amounts of food and ice cream. Then we went on to Barcelona with a group made for work and friendship that we called The Future. It was this luscious dream encounter where we read interesting texts, talked, smoked even more pot, cooked even more food, munched cookies. And later that summer, we were in Vienna, where Halla and I played our show and won a prize. Maybe it wasn’t a dream for you, though, Halla, you had a burnout. Halla: I had a burnout after. It was because I was doing, like, twenty projects at the time. That summer was insane. John Moström and I had a residency in Berlin. There was a heat wave and we made Giselle, which involved meeting a large group of people and being with them for two consecutive weeks. It took a lot more energy than I had imagined. And there was no air conditioning, neither in Vienna, nor in Berlin. Amanda: Right. There was a thunderstorm and we were lying naked with the windows wide open in Vienna, trying to not let our skin touch anything. Halla: After that, I toured with The Knife. I wouldn’t have wanted to say no to any of that. But when I took time off in the autumn, I hit the wall. I think I managed to avoid the big crash. I was full of sorrow for four months. I never want to go there again. Since then, I have learned to leave spaces in my calendar. It’s completely unreasonable for me to go from one place to the next without a break in between. Amanda: I know a bit about that stress, your shoulders rise as soon as the phone buzzes. When I started studying choreography under Mårten Spångberg and realised how much we would be travelling, I panicked. I was in a so-called closed relationship. I couldn’t see how that could work alongside. At that time, travelling was such fun and super-annoying at the same time, because everything happened at once. We had to do a solo while on tour. We had to always be available and always socialise and always cook food and serve it. For one and a half year, we were never in Stockholm for more than two weeks at a time. My relationship ended as a direct consequence of my education. I don’t regret anything, but it came at a price. Halla: I also experienced that, in several closed relationships with men. Very few can stand being with someone who has my lifestyle. When I was younger, it was also important for me to demonstrate that I didn’t depend on anyone, that I was prepared to sacrifice everything to be a dancer, move anywhere if that was what it took. It was a huge insight when I realised that I didn’t have to audition for jobs I didn’t want; that I could work with myself and my friends.

Amanda: I don’t quite recognise that thing of putting dance before everything else. I tend to invest that energy in making my relationships work instead. You probably need more time to work out how to live if you don’t want to do the heteronormative family thing.

 Halla: When I spend longer periods of time in Iceland, I sometimes feel like an UFO. There aren’t that many women who are single and don’t want kids. Whether you’re straight or gay, it’s important there to have family and children and a partner and a flat. People get pregnant three months after meeting. I feel, not just in Iceland but here as well, that I should be respectable now that I’ve turned forty. That it’s shameful to want to party, to want to go out dancing, to laugh, to talk. That it’s selfish to put my own interests first.

Amanda: It’s also self-sacrificing to not contribute to over-population. Who wants to bring a child into this shitty world? I do, but that’s just because I want to be imortalised. I have massive death anxiety. But it would still have to be something outside the norm. I’m exploring that in different constellations.

Halla: Back in Iceland, I have a big group of friends that I’ve known since I was fifteen. We go on meeting. But the kind of friendships I have through my job, they stopped having fifteen years ago. I get to lie in bed and chitchat until late at night with amazing people. I get to be really nerdy about dance and choreography, discussing, analysing. I love my life. But there’s room for improvement. I haven’t been in a steady relationship for seven years. It’s mostly been short-term. And I often worry about money. And all my homes are sublets, and I’ve moved at least every other year since I was nineteen. I would like to try living in one and the same place for longer now, just to see what it feels like.

Amanda: I’m glad I have a home, it feels safe and important, but I’m thinking of a person that we met many times on these travels. He’s phased out having a fixed abode; he just travels. It’s interesting to think what relationships you would need, living like that.

Halla: Friendships often develop for practical and logistic reasons. Like a friend I always stay with when I visit the city where she lives. Without that, we wouldn’t have got to know each other as well. There is also something beautiful about becoming part of someone else’s context when you travel; coming along to dinners and things.

Amanda: Me and the choreographer Mica Sigourney created a logistic structure in order to develop our friendship. Our whole relationship is based on Swedish funding. We had an instant crush when we met in Vienna. We started talking about art and life and shared the same perspective. I immediately suggested that I should apply for money for us.    In the beginning, it was super difficult to keep up the relationship with Mica. I just wanted to fast-forward and look back to see how it worked out. But now, we have got more into the long-distance relationship thing. You check on the fb-chat what’s up, and then you go deeper into the relationship every time you meet. I no longer have the sense of constantly having to start over. I know what it feels like when he’s sitting in my sofa. But I would like to merge the San Francisco life with life here in Stockholm. San Francisco could contribute with fun queer contexts and parties, and Sweden the money for our relationship. Halla: You and Mica seem to work quite a lot like we do when we work together. A big part of the work for us is to have a good time. You don’t get creative ideas just by trying to use your time efficiently. Amanda: We like to be slow. Slowing down is part of the intimacy I share with Halla. It bleeds into our work as well. It can be hard to dare to tell others that you would prefer only working after lunch. You feel like a fuck-up. But Halla and I have worked really hard to get there, to be proud of what we do.

Halla: I’m better now at saying: “This is not a situation where something happens. Can we change it?” But that also depends on the context, of course, on what you want to resist and why. I’m thinking of when we won that prize at ImPulsTanz in Vienna in 2013. Then we got a residency. If we had already won the prize, why should we be diligent festival-participants and show our faces everywhere? We stayed in bed and talked and read poetry instead. We told them to give our studio time to someone else. And it turned out fine.

Amanda: Residencies are good. Like when we launched our latest process with Samlingen.

Halla: Samlingen is a group of five choreographers who are also friends. Since we’re all doing a thousand other things, it’s hard to meet all of us outside work. The first thing booked in the calendar is what ends up happening. So, working together can be a way of seeing each other.

Amanda: The people in Samlingen live very different lives. That is more or less evident, depending on what we do. When we spent five days together in the archipelago, having different needs in our everyday lives wasn’t a problem. Halla: Then we had time to read aloud to each other before going to sleep. You don’t take that kind of time – to lie down and think in something soft – when you’re in the studio at some institution. The studio is associated with efficiency. Amanda: Things were more equal during the residency than when we worked at Riksteatern later. At Riksteatern, some needed to get home to their families as early as possible, while Halla and I would have preferred to sleep in.

Halla: It takes time to achieve consensus with so many brains involved.

Amanda: We are five super-strong people, so you really have to fight for your ideas. If you go to the bathroom, seven thousand decisions have been made when you get back. Halla: I’ve started saying: “Don’t talk while I’m gone, be quiet!” Amanda: It’s also often insanely intense when we’re on tour with Samlingen. Halla: It’s because we meet a new group every time and make a show with them for a couple of days: it’s not like an ordinary tour where you can do a warm-up and go for a walk in the city. Amanda: You hardly have time to send a text message. There‘s no limit to the amount of work, or the limit is when you close your hotel door. I have no idea how to wind down afterwards. I have a need to be alone, but then I get a lot of fomo. And when I come home, I miss my friends, like we haven’t been together. We just went on some trains together and didn’t even get to sit next to each other.

Halla: I actually prefer playing the same show many times instead of travelling all the way to Brussels or Kortrijk to do only one. And I’d love to play more times in one place, preferably in projects that I’m not in charge of. Then I can take care only of myself and I know exactly what to do on stage. The routines in that kind of tour are good for the body.

Amanda: But being on tour can also be difficult. You eat food that you’re unaccustomed to and your stomach goes weird. You perform on completely different floors, such as in a cold and windy tent. You forget to stretch. On one tour, I had constant bacterial vaginosis. I had to go on antibiotics every other month for more or less a year. I don’t know if it was related to the travelling, but I was constantly thinking about it while travelling. In every new place, it was, like: “Where’s the pharmacy, can I get hold of medication?” And it hurt on stage wearing tight shorts.    In the last years, I’ve probably travelled less than earlier. Maybe I’ll visit ten places and be away approximately two months in a year. I think it’s because some shows I worked with were more local; we both rehearsed and played here in Stockholm. Then you don’t get invited anywhere except here. If you travel with a show, you get to travel more. I think you travel more than I do, Halla.

 Halla: I’m probably away from Sweden for four or five months a year. People still ask me if I live in Sweden. I moved here in 2000 to do a dance programme at Balettakademin. So, I started going back and forth between Iceland and Sweden. After finishing, I stayed here to have a context around me. It’s not that Stockholm is a dream city, but it’s possible to work and have friends here. I have also worked a lot in Europe. And we did a tour with The Knife in the USA. At night, the tour bus drove through the Arizona desert, which I had always dreamed of seeing. Through the little window by the bed, I could only see darkness. So, I’ve been to the Arizona desert, but I haven’t seen anything. But the tour bus was amazing, because we drove right up to the venue. And we never had to think of what to eat. I’m so used to doing things myself. I’ve started getting jittery before travel because there’s so much to keep in mind: waking up, packing, getting one transport to the central station, then another… I hate the central station. And trains make me nauseous. Planes make me think of death. 

Amanda: I like horses. I was a horse girl for a long time. Maybe this is not in the near future, but it feels like a good possibility that we could travel by horse and wagon. We should go slower, shut things down and invest the little energy that exists in servers so we can stay in touch over distances. Preferably with a bit more developed technology than now, to make the virtual sex more real. I get slightly panicky thinking that the people I want to keep in touch with can disappear from my life because of distance. Like Mica. Why did I get a best friend who lives so far away? Can’t everyone just be here? Or around a lake in Ulricehamn? There is a really pretty lake in Ulricehamn.

Halla: But If I can’t fly, I lose half of my jobs and I won’t see my family and friends. I can’t afford to go by boat to Iceland, it costs a thousand euro and is really slow. I don’t want that to happen. Within Europe, I could maybe imagine going by train, if the institutions who book and pay tickets are also okay with it taking three days longer. Or a month longer. The people who programme could stop flying in a show for just two days, and instead start cooperating with other venues in the nearest town, or the same town. If we had genuine cooperation with organisers who were prepared for a group to come and settle for a month, maybe we could start talking for real about how to build an audience. Because that is something we are asked in every application. But how are we supposed to build an audience if we play only one performance in a city where we don’t have a network?

 Amanda: It would be nice to slow down, and it’s needed, either way.

[dylan38sanders]

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Are you focusing on your events audience engagement this year? Well, you should! Of course, engaging a tired and jaded audience isn’t easy and that’s why we’re here to help.

To find answers, you can dig into the science behind engagement. What makes our brain turn on for some activities and off for others? You also have to feed the needs of the audience to capture their attention and interact. And don’t forget to use technology, since interactivity is built into it.

If you need more, drop by our audience engagement webinar. You can get in for free and you can even access it on mobile!

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Did you know that neuroscience draws a clear and significant connection between being happy and creative, and being engaged? Or that emotions can be passed on to a crowd of people within two minutes? It is also true that by feeling comfortable, people are much more likely to let down the usual “fight or flight” guard and switch to a “social engagement” mode. Then, there’s the importance of storytelling in effective communication and learning, as well as the importance of priming to bolster learning and curiosity. Audience engagement is both an art and a science, and paying attention to its scientific facet can unlock the answers on how to make even better events!

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Interaction is a key factor in audience engagement. It also happens to be one of the strong points of technology. The key here is to create innovation, instead of just rehashing the same old trends. Touchscreen kiosks, for example, are already available in various events the all over the world. But what if you can use them not just to serve information, but also to register and admit attendees? Or, what if you can use VR (now a staple of most events) as a means to create shared experiences, or to explore a different “dimension” related to the event? There are various technologies that can be implemented in innovative ways, to give your event attendees something to wow over.

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Depending on your outlook, remote work can be draining. For one, you don’t have the company of colleagues to help you through the day. So what can you do? You can always follow your normal go-to-work routine to prime your mind and body. You can also avoid distractions by tuning out calls and messages, and by organizing an effective workspace. When you need to, you can always step out of the house and work someplace else, like a coffee shop or a shared workspace. And don’t forget to factor in your break time when working from home, to avoid burnout.

    Here at Endless, we’re no strangers to working remotely. And I think it’s now mandatory for most industries, including events, to be able to work anywhere. Got any remote work tips and tricks? Share it to us @helloendless!

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