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a group of people were having a conversation, which we think worked out very well and added a whole new element to it.” Galietti agreed, saying the conversations unfolded organically and began to play off one another as people took cues and found inspiration in the other person’s form of expression. “We would then find these common grounds and build our own little creative lexicon between all of us. I always think of this idea like the German word Gesamtkunstwerk, which means the total work of art which incorporates everything even architecture and space.” Galietti had traveled to Iceland a few times since first visiting during a spring break period in college, but this was Runciman’s first trip to Iceland. He discovered that the weather is not nearly as cold as he thought it would be, but the wind was often ferocious - almost hurricane-like levels. Both remarked they will always remember the Northern Lights and the people they met. They a preview for... “International Conversations” NJ STAGE - ISSUE 59 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 13