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Color Echo

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readinessany
Disclosure · what is sharednone

One partner says items in a category — colours, numbers, emotions — and the other echoes each back in any way they like; then swap; then either may start. Simple, the manual says, and it has kicked its author into deep moments of shared reality. Variations move into telepathy, mirrored movement, and one that asks players to make it sexier.

Hold with care
  • The 'make it sexier' variation changes what is being played; offer it to a room that has chosen it

Practical

Time
5-15 min
Group
2 · pairs
Settings
in-person, online
Mechanisms
creative-expression, attention-training, dialogic-encounter
Change scope
state → skill · repeatable

Instructions

Where
authrev.org/ar-games-manual Authentic Relating Games Manual, paid
Availability
In the source document — the instructions live inside the material linked, on its terms
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0 (Authentic Relating Games Manual)

Source link checked 31 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 29 Aug 2026

This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.

Origin

Decker Cunov (Authentic World); variations by Ross Cooper (Authentic Houston) — Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition); Authentic World lineage (Cunov)

In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual

Variations in the manual: Telepathy, Mirroring, Combo, and 'I Know What You're Thinking About…'.

status: checked · added 2026-08-31