Game Night, February 8, 2025
Post Party Notes
Warmest thanks to each of you for your wonderful company! My special appreciation for the food and drinks you thoughtfully prepared and shared.
The picture you see above is the one without a flash, and I am glad we have it, because the flash created "dot eyes" and there are only difficult ways to edit it out, I could try, see below. Next time, I am bringing in studio lights. I hoped we could catch some "golden hour" reflections between 5 and 6 pm, but I was waiting for one of us who was on the way but still did not make it.
• My apologies to those who were trying to reach me on the way: my phone went offline, and it took me almost 20 minutes to realize it.
This is what we did. First, 16 of us chatted about everything, including art, then took a picture, and play a round of "intimacy" question game, adopting it to the group on the fly. Then two of us read original poetry! Wow, thank you.
Then, we discussed my painting (next time I will ask you what you feel) and transitioned to the topic, which I should have presented broader, less connected from culture, maybe. We seem to come to at least some agreement that there should be a balance between friendship and therapy, however everyone should decide individually how to achieve it. I will leave my preparation notes below untouched, two of you wanted to read them.
Afterwords, we played a quick round of "kittens" - I won because everyone helped me. Then, we played the "Telestrations" and the drawings and guesses were so funny, we laughed all the way through revelations. Some of us are so good at interpreting cryptic drawings. And we finished with CAH, and a few of us were exceptionally successful in creating hilarious combinations.
