The Gestalt Madlibs Project: Part Deux
I stumbled across the Gestalt technique after a few years in therapy. I decided to write a letter telling someone, probably my mother, how I really felt about her. I told my therapist about this. He nodded approvingly and said, "How Gestalt of you." I took this as high praise and continued the practice.
A few years ago in an attempt to get over a string of bad "relationships", I created the Gestalt Madlibs Project. Rather than leave the letters unsent, this time I emailed them to everyone. Each participant received an email that began like this...
You have been selected to participate in the Gestalt Madlibs Project.
This project is one aspect of the three-part No More initiative, where I stop being bored, stop taking shit, and move on with my life.
This was followed by a paragraph telling them exactly what I'd been wanting to tell them. Some people, like my friend Patrick, got really nice mails. Most people didn't.
I decided tonight that the time has come for Part Deux. So I set up an email account. For all of us! You can email it from another account, or through the miracle of modern technology, you can just email "yourself" from inside the account. Be anonymous. Or not. For the love of god, use this when you are tempted to drunk dial/email. Write in English or another language. You can probably even chat if you want to.
Feel free to send pictures or images to illustrate your mails. Part Three might be some sort of compilation. We'll see.
Login: gestaltmadlibspart2@gmail.com
Password: lonelyheart
Security Question/Answer: What's the secret to all great relationships?/Communication
For those of you seeking advice more than catharsis, why not use this email account to email Patrick at Chivalry.
P.S. I don't want anyone to feel censored. However, if you need to send a mail contains really, really adult content, or graphic descriptions/depictions of violence, or whathaveyou, please note this is the subject line so our gentler readers are not caught unawares.
Comments
i really like you, ruth.
Posted by: nina | August 9, 2008 6:29 AM
thanks nina! i like you too!
Posted by: sally | August 12, 2008 5:10 PM
YEAH! We've had a few posts. Thank you so much for writing. KEEP THE CATHARSIS COMING!
Posted by: sally | August 18, 2008 2:35 AM