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An
education column is all very well. But juggling, through its
association with fools and clowns, is more closely
related to foolishness and ignorance than with education. Therefore,
in the interest of editorial balance, the Newsletter herein inagurates:
TARMAC
The
brain, we are told, is divided into two halves. The left right
hemisphere is in charge of the left arm and leg. The and
calculating, while the right may be more creative, deaing with concepts
of space, patterns and music.
Now
consider: juggling is the only specialty which requires
Thus
it is only juggling which constantly, repetitively and several times a
second integrates the brain's two hemispheres.
A
shower of 10 back-crosses must open intrabrain channels most people
never use, must spark nerve synapses never navigated in non-jugglers.
Juggling five balls causes your rational brain to talk
Consider
further. A few years ago it was discovered that the brain creates its
own dope. These Endorphins ("Inner Morphines") can be released
into the bloodstream by surprisingly simple things, like
Who
knows what wild strings of molecules are jiggled loose by an act as
complex as juggling alternate under-the- thighs doubles with clubs.
Could the high which juggling brings have a chemical cause? Could this
explain why some people get hooked on it while others can take it or
leave it? Will juggling ever be used to control pain? Could a
cross-hands three-ball cascade integrate a split personality?
These
may be ignorant suppositions, but then juggling is an irrational act.
There
must be some reason why we do it.
PRESIDENT'S
REPORT by
Tom Dewart IJA President On
my return trip west from the Amherst convention, I stopped in Fargo
and toured through North Dakota State University. I am very impressed
with the facilities. The North Field House (1980 Convention Hall) is
the largest room the IJA has
1980
is the beginning of a new decade; and, the beginning of a new era in
IJA history: the era of 500 to 1,000 jugglers attending the annual
conventions. The IJA is growing at a rapid rate, and, as Dennis
Soldati stated more than two years ago, "We may no longer be able
to hold small, informal conventions." The IJA must plan to
accommodate this new growth accordingly. Possible future convention
chairmen will have to consider what the minimum size of a convention
hall can be. For example, the Willamette Room used at the 1978
convention in Eugene would now be considered too small to hold a
future convention. (By
Included
is a comparison chart which illustrates the rapid growth of the annual
conventions over the past four years: 1980
may be the year when the IJA starts planning for conventions two years
in advance, so persons with ideas or proposals for future conventions
may want to air your views two years ahead!
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