Re: creating events

Looking at this one way, the basic thing to start with would be "event
planning", like for a party or a protest rally. But most of the time
these sorts of things are non-events: pretty much all the expected
things happen and indeed people would have hardly noticed if the whole
thing hadn't happened at all.

It is still possible to plan a good party, I think. But to make it a
"real event" I think it is better to practice with simpler things.

You mentioned windows in time. One of the simplest windows in time is
the opportunity for a juxtaposition or overlay. In other words:
simultaneity or approximate simultaneity. From there you can open
things out a bit and think about ordering and pacing.

People tend to worry right away about all of the things "outside of
their control" -- What about what everyone else is doing?

A possible remedy for this defeatist attitude is to stay aware of what
people are doing but never let them wreck your event with it, perhaps
by excluding them from the event completely. Make it "by invitation
only".

This is not to say that I recommend being or becoming a control freak.
In the same way you might create an artwork without knowing how people
will react, the upshot of an event may be unpredictable. But no
artist wants their artwork spoiled before it is created.

Really, this comes down to the following crux: between control and
passivity. Psychologically (or scientifically) it is impossible to
escape the fact that we are shaped by past events or circumstances.
Still, people can have an experience of being in control or being
active or creative -- and this seems to turn on some other axis from
the wheel of time. Creating events, you plow that creative energy
back in to what you're experiencing.