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"A common sign of an unhealthy institution is paralysis in decision-making" (A line I just read in this article by Samo Burja http://samoburja.com/heal-thyself/ ) Is this a common sign of an unhealthy individual mind, as well? (forgive the unforgivable "healthy/unhealthy" binary)

Both kinds of paralysis look to be loss of storymaking ability. A director that plays god removes this need since the director is the source of the story vs the actors(e.g. in improv) "spirituality" seems to be about removing false gods instead of finding "the" God.

the "paralysis" is like stage fright since few people want to look like complete idiots in the beginner stage of learning improv but that's a necessary step to getting good at it.

Fascinating-- paralysis of storymaking...the director is creating "the" god, too, when he refuses to let story arise intuitively from the genius/subconscious of his performers-- when he refuses to allow it to be a collaborative and natal act.

the director is more like ego IMO, it's merely *pretending* to be God (the source of all story/meaning). It distances itself from reality/others b/c deep down it knows self as pretentiousness and needs the breathing room to continue the script. (plateaus are life threat to ego!)

I'm not sure I totally understand what your saying (though I like your parentheses as a standalone statement). The ego might do those things in your second sentence....I also think a director CAN be a servant of the larger unity of the whole, where "leader" is just a role.

It just really depends on his attitude, whether or not he's trying to make his role "G-d" rather than let his role be "contributing leader responsible for overall coherence" (where the second role conception includes mostly listening, and the 1st mostly telling)