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Rebecca Todd's avatar

Hi Andrea! I hope you’re well! Good questions about M&L transcripts. I realize I don’t have any idea whether presentations were recorded or not.

Attentional landscaping: I first heard of it reading a preprint by Sebastian Watzl and it made so much sense I wondered why nobody had written about it before (to my knowledge). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/65f85f1bc58c6b5868668f9f/t/6939e77ace36286e279d856d/1765402490206/Watzl_Attentional_Landscaping_paper_online.pdf

When I published this piece I heard from Sebastian right away — turns out he too is on substack so you can find him here.

Andrea Hiott's avatar

Hi Beck. Thanks so much! I agree 100%. Will reach out to Sebastian.

Sebastian Watzl's avatar

Thanks for this - Clowns were not what I had thought about when I thought about attentional landscaping. But this is just very cool!

Andrea Hiott's avatar

Hi Sebastian. I'd love to discuss attentional landscaping with you some time. Just seeing Beck's reply in the comments of the article where I'd asked for the reference to the paper and thus also seeing that you had responded.

Suzanne Beth Miller's avatar

Another fantastic piece.

I/we moved into Richard Ponchinko’s studio at the Belgo Building after he had passed. Studio 310–the extra elongated black box, had such good long lasting “clown” vibes.

Rebecca Todd's avatar

That’s right! I forgot that was another Pochinko connection!!!! And I loved that studio.

Suzanne Beth Miller's avatar

It was a great creation space for 30 years. Luckily we left just before Covid, otherwise we would be homeless today.

Thanks again for your piece, it’s uncanny how well it is timed as I prepare for a public engagement. xxx

Marieke van Vugt's avatar

Thanks for sharing that beautiful post, and also your own "clown being" during the European Mind and Life Summer Research Institute. It has stayed with me! And as it turns out, I will be dancing the jester in the upcoming performance of Amsterdam Amateur ballet. Maybe there is a sign here ;-)

Andrea Hiott's avatar

Wonderful. Makes me wonder if there is any transcript of your talk at M&L in Austria, would be a good compliment. Also: any papers for where I can start to learn more about 'attentional landscaping'. Often writing about landscapes so coming across this is a gift.

Marieke van Vugt's avatar

I am pretty sure there are no transcripts. Not even sure if it was recorded. (I am a board member of Mind and Life Europe and closely involved with the summer research institute)