November 12, 2015 - 02:12
I led our silent activity on October 8th
We played a game which I mistakenly said was named "Bang" at the time, but is actually called "Screaming Trees", where all the participants stand in a tight circle with their shoulders touching. Everyone looks at the ground/each other's feet. The leader counts to three, at which point everyone must look up and at someone's face. If you make eye contact with the person you were looking at, you are both out of the game.
Eventually, in theory, a sort of psychic focus is formed, where it takes a long time for people to make eye contact with each other. There is an awareness of each other and each other's intentions that develops. I think we definitely hit that point, where it took many rounds to get people out.