The Odin is a shared vision

He who cleans the theatre, owns it. Everyone who comes to the Odin must help clean. Everyone who attends the virtual theatre owns it as well -- the participants of ISTA conferences, Festival of the Wind, Magdalena Project, Bridge of Winds; the Italian & Danish university pupils whom the Odin teaches; Odin Week participants from around the world; the readers of Eugenio's books; all the theatres affiliated with or derived from the Odin who keep in contact & exchange -- it is one great We, one making. The people of the Odin come from Norway, Denmark, Italy, Argentina, India, Brazil, Canada, Sweden.

Who owns the Odin? I do. I do. We do. I do.

The rabbis, when the Dalai Lama asked how to keep his religion alive without a country, said, "We took the sabbath into the home. The people own the sabbath now."

There is a Russian children's story called The Stump. "Who owns the stump in the meadow?" it asks. "I do," says the bear, "It is my great scratching post." "I do," says the squirrel, "It is my high lookout." "I do," says the ant, "It is my highway." "I do," says the termite, "It is my house." "I do," says the man, "It is in my field." Who owns the stump? asks the story at the end.

It requires discipline, vision, and heart to make something for the world. To make something infinitely precious for yourself, and give it all away. To know how to do that -- know what must be protected, what must be shared, what must be abandoned.