>>Both vitally important boundaries. I will note that doing anything in public undermines the "private" argument. But a closed shed is in no way ambiguous.<<
A closed sketchbook is more private than one in your lap, but body language and position will often indicate how private the contents are. A painting in a group studio will be looked at, but people shouldn't offer criticism on the painting unless invited to do so (though a sincere compliment is probably fine).
It's like door etiquette - doors are boundaries, but how you interact with them depends on a lot of things: status, position of the door, familiarity/context...
>>The main exception I've seen is theatrical folks, who have lower than average boundaries. After you've stripped off a million times and helped a castmate stuff her boobs into a bodice, you just stop caring or even noticing.<<
Well, also control for different ingroup/outgroup expectations. People might be totally chill about castmates or crewmates seeing them half-naked, but object to some random person off the street seeing them half-naked. Ditto for context - appropriately dressed for the theatre might still feel uncomfortable at work/in class/at church.
And while the practicalities of theatre* (open, permeable space) often mean you can't ban all the non-theatre folks during rehearsal, it would still feel a bit weird to have a lot of outsiders unexpectedly come and watch a very rough rehearsal. *might apply in other contexts, like ice skating rinks
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A closed sketchbook is more private than one in your lap, but body language and position will often indicate how private the contents are. A painting in a group studio will be looked at, but people shouldn't offer criticism on the painting unless invited to do so (though a sincere compliment is probably fine).
It's like door etiquette - doors are boundaries, but how you interact with them depends on a lot of things: status, position of the door, familiarity/context...
>>The main exception I've seen is theatrical folks, who have lower than average boundaries. After you've stripped off a million times and helped a castmate stuff her boobs into a bodice, you just stop caring or even noticing.<<
Well, also control for different ingroup/outgroup expectations. People might be totally chill about castmates or crewmates seeing them half-naked, but object to some random person off the street seeing them half-naked. Ditto for context - appropriately dressed for the theatre might still feel uncomfortable at work/in class/at church.
And while the practicalities of theatre* (open, permeable space) often mean you can't ban all the non-theatre folks during rehearsal, it would still feel a bit weird to have a lot of outsiders unexpectedly come and watch a very rough rehearsal.
*might apply in other contexts, like ice skating rinks
...any theatre folks out there want to weigh in?