The Experiment

Hello All,

For the few of you that attended last nights movie the Experiment, someone mentioned that there was a 2010 version of the movie. Well I found the trailer, so check it out. You can notice some similarities but you can also tell the differences, it would be interesting to watch and see how the Power Dynamics have changed from version to version of the movie. Enjoy All.

Cassie

The Experiment 2010 Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHlIlo6Txpk

Wednesday was pretty interesting. I had no idea what this class was about when I registered but our first class was the best way my year could have started. I'm surprised no body else has posted a blog yet. Today is 9 years after 9/11 so I think a link to this film is appropriate. The film is called Zeitgeist, if any of you have seen it I would like you to post your comments about the film and the notions it expresses. For those who haven't seen it, please go watch it. I think your views on the event may broaden or change. The film shows power dynamics in a way that shows effect it can have on the lives of others. In this case thousands of lives were lost due to power.

Heres the link, enjoy! http://www.zeitgeistthefilm.com/

Hello to all you power mongers:)

Here is the link to a downloadable copy of my book - it will come as a pdf and take a few minutes to download but at least it's free....

Maybe not completely free...I would like anyone who reads it to post a critique here.

As I said it was scheduled to be published in April 08 - but as bad luck would have it the company closed.

Someone in class suggested that they would publish it...if you have a contact or can make it happen I am going to be open to this again starting this summer. Let me know...

Information is only valuable when it is shared:)

Best wishes to you all

Les


www.frankmaidens.com/RAIN/OHP2008guts_MARCH.pdf

Power

Mostly, Les, I appreciate the scrutiny of life in general. I have explored, questioned, and tried to understand power, where I stand, where I wish to stand....ultimately, I look to my internal power, my mind's perception of a situation and my ability to accept, dismiss or reject it on some level or another. We all give a little to get a little. We just need to decide where the line of giving is too much, when we have given too much of ourselves so we are now undiscerned from another. We give until we are no longer identifiable as an individual, but as a part of another, bigger picture that may contain parts we may not have agreed with but there it is, part of us now. Mmmm...got to go, but I still feel love is the greatest power and is simply not definable, not teachable, only something we experience and need to exist with any level of feeling of control or power.

Ellen

Power course

Hello Class and Les,

My first blog was lost in space that I wrote, and now this blog is nearing the end of a very enlightening semester. Thanks, Les, for your time and care in presenting power dynamics. I will read your book on my holidays...mainly because college profs keep me too busy for extracurricular reading!

I would like to say that the concept of power is exciting...disseminating it really made me think about my life, and the way I deal with people and situations. I do believe that love is not a mechanism of power but is the greatest power of all...mind you I missed the second half of class for a marketing team meeting...power struggle extreme! Perhaps, Les, you made it clear why love is a "mechanism" of power like money, etc. Perhaps the meaning of mechanism was not clear enough to me. Of all power, love is the most uncontrollable...as proven in your movie requirement "Love Naturally". We cannot figure out how why or how we react, it is physical, automatic, primal, and we make the conscious decision not to act on this primal physical draw because we have elevated our emotions above the raw animalistic reaction to simple desire.

Isn't love the ultimate example of power. We cannot escape the need for love. There is no growth, no development of humans without love, human affectionate contact. That is the ultimate power...the giving or the withdrawal of love.

Well, just a thought.

Ellen

Movie Suggestion

I wanted to suggest a movie for Monday night.
It is a sci-fi movie called "Dune" that's based on a book by Frank Herbert.
It has it all drugs, violence and a ton of power dynamics between the characters, not to mention an appearance by Sting (the musician).

Nada Isles

The Power of Money

Hello Friends,
For anyone who was in today's class (Wednesday March 10) I have a really good movie (in my opinion) That would really sum up what we talked about. That movie is called Into the Wild. I think we maybe watching that movie soon in class, but I am not positive.
This movie is all about a journey for something more. It definitely has a strong emphasis on the mechanics of money and how it plays in our society.
Enjoy,

-Paul E Emerson