Creative Problem Solving: Thousand Hand Guan Yin

Creative Problem Solving is a system of tools and techniques to make the Impossible Possible. This video fits in the umbrella of Making the Impossible Possible. Let me explain.

I like to share this because I was moved to tears by the shear beauty and possibility. Below is an excerpt sent to me from my dear friend Carolyn, who is an audiology. Few people know of my invisible hearing disability since a young child. More on this some other time.

However, there is always CPS, Creative Problem Solving technique to overcome challenges. I will do a pre-conference workshop of Painting on Water on June 20, 2009 in Boston. We may not get a thousand hands to paint on water, you can definitely have your hands in the water !!!

Learning technique is awesome. Opportunity to interact with the colleagues are priceless. Please join me either at the workshop and/or the complete conference for the total CPS experience.


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Read the text below before watching the amazing video.

There is an awesome dance, called the Thousand-Hand Guan Yin, which is
making the rounds across the Internet. Considering the tight coordination
required, the accomplishment is nothing short of amazing even if the dancers were not all deaf.

Yes, you read correctly. All 21 of the dancers are complete deaf-mutes. Relying only on signals from trainers at the four corners of the stage, these extraordinary dancers deliver a visual spectacle that is at once intricate and stirring.

Its first major international debut was in Athens at the closing ceremonies
for the 2004 Paralympics. But it had long been in the repertoire of the
Chinese Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe and had traveled to more than 40 countries.

Its lead dancer is 29-year old Tai Lihua who has a BA from the Hubei Fine
Arts Institute. The video was recorded in Beijing during the Spring Festival
this year.

Click to watch the video.
Thousand Hand Guan Yin


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Links to my colleagues who are also involved with the Creative Problem Solving techniques:
Renee Callahan Hopkins
Missy Carvin
Gregg Fraley
Jonathan Vehar
Amy Basic (also known as Amy Lee Segami)

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