Commitment Is Vulnerability

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt. -Rollo May In this day and age, the word “commitment” has come to be synonymous with the word...

BEWARE THE REFRIGERATOR IN THE ROAD

One of my brothers had a friend, John, who bought a car one day. When my brother asked him what brand it was, John replied, “Um, it’s a… a Pedros.” It turns out it was a Peugeot. Not remembering what kind of car he bought wasn’t the...

Got to Be Real

What is “art”? … It’s an expression. You have something you have to say. You groan, you moan, and you say it. You paint it, you dance it, you sing it. You express it out of your own soul. “Non-art” is where you please people....

Why Improv Is Absolutely Essential

“I hate imagination,” the woman growled at me during an innocuous exercise in a FIZ program I was leading. I wasn’t expecting that. I’d never heard anyone say thatĀ ever, much less in one of the hundreds of course and workshop sessions...

Soft Focus and the Art of Telling a Story

Over the past few months, I’ve worked with a variety of improvisers in class and performance situations and I’ve noticed that for a lot of them, it’s very difficult to tell a story. Mind you, many improvisers aren’t interested in telling...

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