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   * [[http://www.coloursofistria.com/en/nature-and-camping/flora-and-fauna/giants-of-motovun-forest|the Motovun forest]]   * [[http://www.coloursofistria.com/en/nature-and-camping/flora-and-fauna/giants-of-motovun-forest|the Motovun forest]]
   * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motovun|Motovun town]]   * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motovun|Motovun town]]
 +  * [[http://www.parenzana.net/en/home_page|Parenzana trail]]
  
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 ====Notes from 20131007==== ====Notes from 20131007====
   * further exploration and illustration of [[various aphorisms]]   * further exploration and illustration of [[various aphorisms]]
-  * visit to Groznjan to check on persistent [[plot_world_context|plots]]...+  * visit to [[http://histrica.com/istria/green/buje/groznjan/|Groznjan]] to check on persistent [[plot_world_context|plots]]...
  
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-Tim spoke about people resettling from one geographical place to another and still living by the weather lore of the first place. Hence a misunderstanding of the seasons/ leading to dire consequences for the environment of the next place. For example the noonga people in Western Australia considered their part of the world to have six seasons but when it was settled by the English they brought their idea of four seasons with them.+Tim spoke about people resettling from one geographical place to another and still living by the weather lore of the first place. Hence a misunderstanding of the seasons/weather leading to dire consequences for the environment of the next place. For example the Noonga people in Western Australia considered their part of the world to have six seasons but when it was settled by the English they brought their idea of four seasons with them.
  
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   * In respect to physical languages, she recommended that I study the gestures of mothers and babies in paintings by Brueghel or Bosch.   * In respect to physical languages, she recommended that I study the gestures of mothers and babies in paintings by Brueghel or Bosch.
   * I spoke about body weather and how there are physical processes to train the dancer/ performer to embody their environment.   * I spoke about body weather and how there are physical processes to train the dancer/ performer to embody their environment.
-  * We discussed the potential for theatrical scenarious to develop from the images and proverbs, live art installations and participatory performance or even community workshops could work well with the idea of weather lore.+  * We discussed the potential for theatrical scenarios to develop from the images and proverbs, live art installations and participatory performance or even community workshops could work well with the idea of weather lore.
   * Rasa suggested that I try to clarify several of the potential outcomes as goals and determine the real possibilities of each so that each incarnation is not necessarily a search for one main outcome but rather an individual focus with its own aims and goals.    * Rasa suggested that I try to clarify several of the potential outcomes as goals and determine the real possibilities of each so that each incarnation is not necessarily a search for one main outcome but rather an individual focus with its own aims and goals. 
   * We discussed the weather and atmosphere in Brussels and considered where this work might sit in respect to potential presentation outcomes in the future. The conversation then turned towards the suggestion that my next visit could be to locate presenters and performance opportunities.    * We discussed the weather and atmosphere in Brussels and considered where this work might sit in respect to potential presentation outcomes in the future. The conversation then turned towards the suggestion that my next visit could be to locate presenters and performance opportunities. 
  
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 +   * Nik suggested that I look into the possibility of foam presenting a future scenario building workshop in Adelaide. 
 +   * I considered introducing Nik and Maja to some peers in Adelaide who are skilled in theatrical improvisation to propose tools for their physical pre-hearsals. 
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 +====Notes from 20131016====
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 +In the beginning of the residency we had a discussion about which natural disasters occur in Istria. We couldn't think of any except bush fires. However, today Maja dug up the Istrian folk tales book in Pula and found another disaster that has been troubling the region for centuries: it seems that hail is the weather phenomenon considered mythical enough to make it into several legends. It is often related to misfortune of young children (especially those who died before being christened, or those strangled by their mothers). Hail and thunder becomes their way of communicating (usually their anger) with the living world. Aside from children, witches and priests are also known to be able to summon very localised and destructive hail storms.
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 +Ref. Boskovic-Stulli, Maja (1959). Istarske Narodne Price. Institut za Narodnu Umjetnost, Zagreb
  
  
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