Educational Insights | Volume 9, Number 1, 2004 | Andrew Campbell | Reflecting on the wa(y)ves of learning to teach using drama

The Response of the Artist, Andrew Campbell, to:

Reflecting on the wa(y)ves of learning to teach using drama
Kendal Bennie

This moment stirred a feeling, a strange awareness without an immediate understanding of what was happening. I was breaking the pattern of “grasping” for control. I sensed the “reaction toward becoming, toward the formation of a new situation in the future”… “You only really learn when you get in and try.”

Foamy A small wave rolling onto shore without any smooth face to ride, but only rolling white foam

Open Face Just in front of where a wave breaks is a smooth slope, the face.

Surf A trip into the ocean in which (hopefully) a number of waves are caught and ridden.

Barrel When a wave becomes con-cave and water falls over you, surrounding you with a wall of crystal clear water as you ride the face inside a little (or big) aqua room. There is usually a hole at the end of the barrel when you are deep inside one, coming out of that hole (rather than falling off or having the wave implode on top of you) is a fabulous experience.

Huge Set A set of waves is a group that is bigger than the majority and occurs at regular intervals. Many surfers will wait for the set, as the waves are usually better and if you surf them you don’t have to dive under them when they come at you in the form of churning white-water. A clean-up set is a particularly big set that will take all surfers by surprise, causing furious paddling for safety but resulting in most surfers being washed around underwater.