Group

“If you can laugh together, you can work together”
- Robert Orben, American magician and comedy writer

"Let's have a parade
It's been so long since we had a parade, so let's have a parade!
Let's invite all our friends
And all our friends' friends!
Let's promenade down the boulevards with terrific pride and light in our eyes
Twelve feet tall and staggering
Sick with joy with the angels there and light in our eyes
Brothers and sisters, hope still waits in the wings..."
- A Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band With Choir, "Built Then Burnt (Hurrah! Hurrah!)", Canadian performance group

“Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.”
- Drew Carey, American comedian

“Group Action: The Dynamics of Groups in Therapeutic, Educational and Corporate Settings”, Martin T. Ringer, Jessica Kingsley Publishers; 1 edition (January 2002), 1843100282

Does a commendable job of taking what is known about groups, the unconscious, and psychodynamics in an academic sense, and grounding it in relevant experiential education examples. This book is appropriate for intermediate and advanced practitioners who want to stretch their own thinking about group processes and group management. Ringer's text provides a good bridge between academic journals (and contains an abundance of quality citations) and practical application related to group leadership. [from Amazon]

Brief summary of how this topic relates to my work or how it could effect it
After my critique, one thing that was underscored for me is my interest in artist as facilitator of a group action. I need to find out how that can manifest for me in a way that captures me. There seem to be a silly and a serious side to this- Oliver Herring's Task parties where the participants organize their own versions of a piece he proposes, then propose their own, to Jon Rubin who started Conflict Kitchen which is staffed by volunteers and serves foods from a country that the USA is in conflict with, North Korea, Cuba, Iraq- countries rotate monthly.