When we sit down to do a Fusion Meditation Drawing, we can now quickly come to a place where we do not attempt to control anything. It wasn't always that way.
The first of our sittings were competions between two of us, with the other one attemping to fix it. The wonderful thing about our Fusion3 process is that all of these immature thoughts do not get spoken out loud. The silence within which we work covers all this turmoil. After a few turns, what was troubling is set down. Thoughts of competition or resentment bloom and boil in brief and sometimes brilliant blasts, and by the end are like deflated balloons to be dropped or blown up again.
We are discovering that the idea of ownership is seen by our culture as integral in art and is bound up in ego and personality. When we take things personally, thoughts of judgement, such as liking and disliking, seem extremely important. Being validated as an individual becomes the driving force. The purpose of art becomes "Look at ME!" Then the group is a collection of individuals who are all trying to be recognized and stand out as separate either as the leader or the brightest star. This is leadership as control, and is completely different from what we are attempting to do as Fusion3.
Many artists experiment with collaboration. Many artists make group drawings while partying. Two of us have had many experiences of what we called a drawing game. The purpose was entertainment. What happened within the drawing was seen as accidental and was unconscious.
We are discovering that true leadership is the responsibility of each member. It is a willingness to allow something greater to be expressed, something greater than any one person could do alone. Fusion3 is guided by Martin Muller's definition of Maturity which is...
"attempting to control less."
