I LOVE that film! Every time I see it I end up tearing up at the part where the couple start dancing. Heck, even thinking about it as I type this I tear up. It's just a really powerful statement.
SPIN kind of reinforces my belief that all situations have outcomes which can be win-wins, but that those outcomes are often difficult to see and complex to bring about. Simplistic answers do not create great outcomes. Complex answers which account for all the dynamic forces that human beings are create great outcomes.
I think it also says that trying to come up with a great outcome and coming up short doesn't mean that there is no great outcome that can be achieved. Keep trying, keep recalculating, and be willing to fail. And learn from the failures.
It has so much to do with community. In the end, the disconnected, non-caring interactions of the characters involved became a connected, genuine community experience.
I think one of the things I have learned from seeing it is that finding ways to connect people and bring about positive interactions is the key to changing the world. If each of us takes responsibility for every interaction we have and makes each one positive, then the net effect is a series of positive interations that can cascade together. The reverse is obviously true. If the aggregate interactions in a community are negative a downward spiral is created and everything becomes negative. Each of us choses in each moment to spiral up or spiral down. If you are a spiral-upian then not only do you get the benefit of your singular positive interactions, but you get the synergistic benefits of your interacation bringing others up with you who feed back into the spiral in ways that effect your and help you continue spiraling up.
Peace,
Bungee Monkey
