One evening students were given balloons & asked to create a sculpture with it. This was the winning entry. Some of us thought it was a bug, or maybe an airplane. After winning, they threw it, and the wings flapped & it landed on its feet (landing gear?)These are 15-18 year-olds, and I am impressed how quickly & easily they become little kids again. There doesn't seem to be nearly as much stand-off-ishness as we find the states, i.e. kids afraid to have fun because it would embarrass them.
Poles are very social creature, loaded with "symatico," i.e. empathy for others. When Josephine, somewhere in her 70s, walks on the rough cobblestones with students, a bevy of the girls will immediately surround & help her. On the bus coming back from Szymbark yesterday I watched two of the girls, their faces 6 inches from each other, staring at one another, making faces. They're not afraid to touch & enjoy each other, much more than in the states.
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