Want to know what you let in and what you let out? Time to check your filters!
For the first episode of another new year, Ted and Lisa lean under the hood to check the topic of filters. Per usual, they start with why the topic interests them (1:25) and then move onto identifying those filters that get in the way of our creative output (4:58). Some filters—like Buddhist Right Speech—help us make better choices before speaking up impulsively (8:34) and if they weaken or fall away, sometimes we move into reactivity or lashing out (15:10). The pair then considers filters that limit or determine what information we take in, including those that exclude data based on confirmation bias (17:20). Of course, as Lisa notes, improv filters offer an alternative (23:47) and Ted notes that, whichever ones we have, it’s best to keep filters clean (29:24). The duo brainstorms and riffs on a range of filter types (33:03) and brings the podcast to a close with a few last gasp thoughts (38:42).
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Featured photo by Kain Kalju, https://www.flickr.com/photos/kainkalju/5894855297.
San Francisco improvisors Ted DesMaisons and Lisa Rowland explore the beautiful, surprising and unruly intersections between mindfulness and improvisation as they seek to befriend that oft-hidden and sometimes scary part of all of us that can lead to a life well-lived.
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