I'm writing this on the train, on my way up to London for the Saturday of the Five Rhythms "Holy Actor" workshop. It started last night, going from 7 to about 10:30. I'll post another blog about what we did in a minute.
But first, I feel the urge to expand on my previous remark about how I came to be doing this particular workshop: namely, that I liked the teacher.
I find it's often like that for me. Thinking about Mytho, or Five Rhythms, or bass guitar for that matter, or the choir certainly … I had a taster of each of those, one session to see what it was like, and really, the important factor in every case was not so much liking the thing as the feeling that it would be good to work with that teacher.
Teachers often disapprove of this. You're supposed to get the thing, not worship the teacher. But I'm not talking about worship, or even liking them as a person, or agreeing with them about everything. Where it gets tacky is if people start adopting the teacher's clothing style or verbal mannerisms or political views.
The teachers I've mentioned above (bass, Mytho, 5R, choir) -- I like them as teachers, feel their commitment to their subject and to handing it on, and feel their ability to do so. If I didn't feel that, it would be hard to keep turning up trying to learn something, whereas when it is there, it's worth making a journey for.
