What do you see?
What do you love?
What are your questions?
“Isn’t that just like the Critical Response Process?” I was asked.
Well, no.
But I can see the resemblance. In common with CRP is the value placed on inquiry and observation, and the good will implied by that big-hearted “Waddaya love?” But in the nuance between this and Critical Response lie some major differences. CRP’s opening round, which is initiated by the facilitator’s question “What was exciting, stimulating, meaningful, memorable?” offers both more focus than “What did you see?” and more range of possibility than “What did you love?” -- and does so in one question rather than two. The responder isn’t required to love anything, and the process isn’t premised in the idea that the artist needs to be loved. Big difference.
What about “What are your questions?” It’s always good to ask for questions. And it’s even better to ask for neutral questions (CRP Step 3) because the discipline of framing neutrally helps the questioner and opens up the dialogue with the artist.
What quacks like a duck may not swim like a duck.
And in that case, it’s not a duck.
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