If you’re like me, you can never get comfortable in a theater seat. I fidget and shift trying to get knees (I’m 6’4″) and everything situated so I can pay attention to what’s onstage or onscreen.
Always interesting Tim Manners blogs on Reveries about two related topics: Restless Desks and Baby Buggies.
“Restless Desks” looks at a recent innovation to provide desks that can be for either sitting or standing to allow children choices in school. According to the inventor (a teacher herself), it reduces fidgeting, increases attentiveness, and cuts down on discipline problems. Does it help them do well on the standardized tests?
Meanwhile, “Baby Buggies” is a look on what the developmental impact of forward versus rear facing infant strollers is.
How I sit in that theater seat isn’t just related to mycomfort after all, it turns out it might even have something to do with what I get out of the experience.
How is the impact of your story affected by the viewer (or listener) and their physical space?
I’ve been looking for a computer desk that I can easily lift up to a standing position and lower when I’m ready to sit again. Working as a project manager, I used to run around a lot, but now that I’m doing more and more computer-based work, I find it difficult to sit for long periods.
I know comfort is a key factor in car purchase decisions. If I can’t get comfortable in the driver’s seat, that car is right off the list. That may not translate directly into the experience world — generally people buy before they try–but a comfortable space should certainly encourage longer engagement WITH the experience.