Fascinating. I had no idea Johnstone was so big in Silicon Valley. I've been fascinated by his story and some of the loose threads in his work for years. There are religious and political angles there that feel like they are totally overlooked because it's packaged as theatre skills. I'd have to write a whole essay to explain that, and I will one of these days, but knowing your range of interests, maybe you get where I'm going with it.
I actually had never heard of him before Tara brought him up! So I didn't realize he is influential locally, but it makes sense to me. Immersive and improvisational theatre, and of course games, both have major cultural heft around here — in a way that feels both natural, and hard to describe to people outside this world. And I TOTALLY agree that there are relevant religious and political angles. You might really enjoy this interview that I did years ago, with Abraham Burickson, a notable immersive artist with a strong spiritual background: https://lydialaurenson.substack.com/p/spirituality-art-and-architecture
I'd be excited to read your essay on such a topic. I deeply love immersive theatre and have attended many notable productions worldwide, and in fact, I started my writing career at an artistic game design company (mentioned here: https://lydialaurenson.substack.com/p/the-obsidian-shards-of-infinity-a ). There is just so much to say about these forms of art and their implications for ritual, spiritual experience etc...
Lydia I want to apologize for my tantrum the other day. You seem like an amazing person. And I believe in your position, I would have done the same thing. And you've made it so victims can speak in the future.
I just want you to know that the 3 or so victims that went through the negative psychology subproject are not joking. And it is being used on people. And I know exactly how they are doing it after months of obsessive research. What those people experienced is basically adversarial operational psychology, which is similar to mentalism magic show tricks. People generally don't know what they're actually up to (even if it's mostly good) in this program, it's called the 3 body problem in mentalism.
I have never been in a mental hospital, and no one I know thinks I'm nuts as far as I know lol. There's another half of the story you guys are missing. Last time they did it on prostitutes and then blamed them as the druggers lol.
Alternate reality games also plays a role. Jim Stewartson has a documentary he made about his ARG research being used for QAnon. It is more than that, as I personally have experienced.
Much to say. But I am on the same page as you as not poking the bear so to speak. But with all that has happened I sort of feel like the one person who can bring light to this who may have made it out unscathed. And it appears as though the govt is actually very tolerant about that idea. I don't think they're a bunch of psychos I do think it makes sense they did this from their perspective. Which is important to keep in mind.
You have done a great service writing an article about this at all. And left the door open for victims. I am sorry that the work you've done has taken a toll and that I've contributed to that. Just know you've done a lot for me and I do appreciate you. And once again I am sorry about my initial reaction to your work. You've certainly helped a lot of people over the years, even if they don't know it at the time.
Fascinating. I had no idea Johnstone was so big in Silicon Valley. I've been fascinated by his story and some of the loose threads in his work for years. There are religious and political angles there that feel like they are totally overlooked because it's packaged as theatre skills. I'd have to write a whole essay to explain that, and I will one of these days, but knowing your range of interests, maybe you get where I'm going with it.
I actually had never heard of him before Tara brought him up! So I didn't realize he is influential locally, but it makes sense to me. Immersive and improvisational theatre, and of course games, both have major cultural heft around here — in a way that feels both natural, and hard to describe to people outside this world. And I TOTALLY agree that there are relevant religious and political angles. You might really enjoy this interview that I did years ago, with Abraham Burickson, a notable immersive artist with a strong spiritual background: https://lydialaurenson.substack.com/p/spirituality-art-and-architecture
I'd be excited to read your essay on such a topic. I deeply love immersive theatre and have attended many notable productions worldwide, and in fact, I started my writing career at an artistic game design company (mentioned here: https://lydialaurenson.substack.com/p/the-obsidian-shards-of-infinity-a ). There is just so much to say about these forms of art and their implications for ritual, spiritual experience etc...
Lydia I want to apologize for my tantrum the other day. You seem like an amazing person. And I believe in your position, I would have done the same thing. And you've made it so victims can speak in the future.
I just want you to know that the 3 or so victims that went through the negative psychology subproject are not joking. And it is being used on people. And I know exactly how they are doing it after months of obsessive research. What those people experienced is basically adversarial operational psychology, which is similar to mentalism magic show tricks. People generally don't know what they're actually up to (even if it's mostly good) in this program, it's called the 3 body problem in mentalism.
I have never been in a mental hospital, and no one I know thinks I'm nuts as far as I know lol. There's another half of the story you guys are missing. Last time they did it on prostitutes and then blamed them as the druggers lol.
Alternate reality games also plays a role. Jim Stewartson has a documentary he made about his ARG research being used for QAnon. It is more than that, as I personally have experienced.
Much to say. But I am on the same page as you as not poking the bear so to speak. But with all that has happened I sort of feel like the one person who can bring light to this who may have made it out unscathed. And it appears as though the govt is actually very tolerant about that idea. I don't think they're a bunch of psychos I do think it makes sense they did this from their perspective. Which is important to keep in mind.
You have done a great service writing an article about this at all. And left the door open for victims. I am sorry that the work you've done has taken a toll and that I've contributed to that. Just know you've done a lot for me and I do appreciate you. And once again I am sorry about my initial reaction to your work. You've certainly helped a lot of people over the years, even if they don't know it at the time.