No and Yes Exercise

This exercise was to experience the difficulties and challenges that come when actors block and the potential when yes is a constant answer.
The exercise consisted of working in pairs, one person making suggestions like 'let's jump up and down!' and the only answer the other could give was 'no'. Working with someone who constantly blocks becomes repetitive, monotonous and you are always hitting a barrier, which also takes the creativeness and energy out of you.
We then switched the exercise up, so one person made suggestions and the other had to say 'yes' to everything.
When being the person who gave all the commands, it allowed you to be playful with silly suggestions and kept the space fun and lively, there was a lot more excitement. But when being the person who had to say 'yes' to everything, you did feel vulnerable, the fear of how you will look and you had to trust that the person commanding. That constant 'yes' attitude does get you out of that conscious, timid place and the more you do it you do grow in confidence with taking risks, I know I certainly did!
The last part of the exercise was where someone would give a suggestion, the other said 'yes' and brought another suggestion to the table. Here, you were both in the same boat and the same level, both being playful and we all turned childlike. People were rolling around the floor, bundling on each other, some were galloping round the space, others being dinosaurs, anyone would think we were mad. Yet we got rid of all our insecurities and that childlike nature really sparks your imagination, which is what you need when you're in the creative process! The fear of saying yes is slightly there all the time, but it was important that we created an environment where you are comfortable to go out of your comfort zone, and knowing there is no judging of what ideas and creation you bring to the table. When we were both bringing suggestions to the table, there was an equal sense of power and understanding, where you would only ask the person to do something you would be happy to do yourself, that added a sense of security to me and accepting people's ideas were taken just as much in a serious manner than an imaginative one. The exercise of having to bring suggestions quickly got us to be instinctive, no matter how random they were, give it a go, you don't know where it could take you!