ask where the horse is going

In our work and conversations together Katye would often talk about the moment in improvising where one becomes a passenger. Katye says this is Charlie Morrissey’s term for the feeling that rather than you driving the improvisation, it is driving or leading you. Here’s one moment when Katye is reflecting on this idea:

and the ability to really be a passenger in whatever adventure the practice and you go on … and to … and to hold that, be in that, process that, let go of that, allow for that, is like … that requires a set of grown up skills.

– Katye Coe

I was reminded of the following from Rebecca Solnit’s A Field Guide to Getting Lost:

Where are you going? Ask my horse, says the man. And this uncontrollable emotion doesn’t let you pick your destination or even see it.

– Rebecca Solnit