Q. After experiencing art, film, and drama on the Gonzaga campus in Spokane, what are your initial thoughts about each of the sessions? Which session was your favorite, and why? What surprised you the most during your three days on campus? How would you describe Spokane to a friend?
A. I mentioned before that this is a lot of information to take in over 2.5 days. But it was good to soak everything in and enjoy learning how to think about leadership from a different aspect. Each professor brought their own unique view and everything seemed to building upon each other.
Perhaps my favorite session was either the Art session or the Architecture session. I am a little biased since I teach art, but it was interesting to ruminate on all the different angles (no pun intended).
In the Art session I was able to let go and be who I am. As I mentioned in an earlier post, when we did the drawing portion I watched as people nervously stared at their paper, gripped their pencil tightly, and tried to grasp the drawing from an angles perspective. It was all very interesting to me. In the end, I didn't care if I had an exact replica as long as I came pretty close and made my personal interpretation (a leadership rumination for another time ...).
I enjoyed the Architecture portion mostly for the sheer fact that we were outside doing some practical application. I also enjoyed pondering how it tied in to imagination, leadership, and our lives in general. Every building speaks to a certain time in architecture. Our own leadership styles and lives speak to influences from moments in time. We are all intrinsically tied together and it is awesome to be in awe of the plethora of events happening all around us.
In reflection of the classes, I also noticed a difference between my two on-campus experiences. This is a simple observation and nothing to take offense at, but the persons who are in the ORGL program seem to be much more left-brain oriented, get the task done, and not-so-touchy-feeley. I had a hard time synthesizing with those who were there, and other ORGL-like classes I have taken, because my approach if different.
I am the all-inclusive, lets go do things, let's create together. And perhaps that is the difference in the experiences. Last time I was here we were creating all the time; we were applying all the time; and we needed to come together as a team in order to have a successful experience. This time around was all about information sharing and not so much the application process (which I thought we were going to experience both).
At first I felt alone. And I admit I did it to myself. I am a middle ground introvert/extrovert. When I am not in my element, I stay inside and observe, process, and enjoy things happening on the outside. When I am in my element, I am all about participating. I did not do a very good job about pushing myself this weekend to get outside of my comfort zone as much as I could have.
Overall it was a good experience. I have a friend from the COML program that is there this weekend and it was fun to share with her all the fun places we went to. Also, I have two other college friends who are in this program and it has been fun to share about our experiences as I am now finishing and they are about half-way through. Spokane is a wonderful place and Gonzaga makes the experience that much more fun. GO ZAGS!!
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