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i have read the material on ethical guidelines and whatnot. it all comes down to humans respecting other humans with the purpose of building awareness and understanding of each others' experiences. i value the principles examined in these reports and i am sure i will be involved with work that integrates them in the future. although, for my senior project, i do not see myself engaging in any research activities directly related to the situations discussed here.

but i did take a few concepts from the materials which can be broadened and connected to the form that my project is taking which is that of a participatory group effort. if i wish to create an ensemble of artists and performers to help me portray and literally perform my thesis, the successful process and outcome of this project will be rooted in the cooperation of myself and my voluntary group members. in order to achieve this, there must be an ongoing air of respect for each person, their individual perspective and creative process, as well as a shared commitment to a vision of the whole.

a very beautiful and scary element involved here: i cannot do this project alone. i NEED different individuals to become the group that will form the medium of this project. although i have the seeds, my ideas, visions, and conceptual designs, nothing can grow or come into live being without willing and passionate dancers, musicians, and other artists who will feed and give life to this project. and i need not only them, but the people who will form the audience. they are just as essential. the performers and the audience will affect each other, and any connections made amongst us, any genuine emotions evoked and shared, anything that just makes us feel good to be alive will be the end/beginning product (this is a continual process of us all empowering each other to embody and spread more of what we tend to just hope for in the world).

i like this. i like knowing that i need others to create something together that could only become through collective power and participation. i am excited about this process, but also know to expect artistic and logistic problems, big and small, that will greatly affect and shape this experience. the walls we run into during these kinds of things are usually what teach us most....