Asynchronous Instruments

This week, I: - Spent two-and-a-half hours in a problem-statement workshop - Had several follow-up conversations with facilitators and potential users - Started showing up at events where facilitators, trainers, and workshop leaders gather - Found five people interested in the problem I’m exploring - Spoke with a dream worker about my original dream-journaling use case - Built a more interactive version of the application - Demoed the product with Jev and received feedback - Experimented with generating abstract and concrete images from anything spoken aloud - Scheduled more conversations and events for next week The biggest development was clarifying the problem: how do facilitators keep people practicing and connected after a training, workshop, retreat, or gathering ends, and between the moments when a group meets? That framing resonated immediately. One facilitator described the current progression as Facebook groups, then WhatsApp groups, and asked, essentially, “What comes next?” That conversation made the opportunity feel much more concrete. I also revisited dream work, my original use case, although working with therapists or clinical settings introduces barriers I need to understand before pursuing that direction further. For now, my North Star is clear: work directly with different kinds of facilitators and support them in keeping practice and community alive between gatherings. Next week, I’ll continue those conversations and attend several events, including a festival where I expect to meet more potential users.