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 that 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...

Go Ahead, Screw Up. It’s Good for You!

Lately I’d been thinking a lot about that, not because I’d been having fun screwing up my life but because I’d been seeing people stagnate from avoiding mistakes. Then I got a wonderful holiday gift from my On Your Feet friends, Gary, Julie, and...

Could You Be More Specific?

It’s just a thing… -Paul Sills Improv is about moving from the general to the specific—the more specific, the better. This isn’t science so I can’t prove that statement but it is a commonly held belief in the improv world and my experience...

Creativity: What Is It and Who Has It?

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work. – Rita Mae Brown Creativity and innovation were the big buzzwords at the MBA Leadership Conference presented by the Graduate Management Admission Council some years ago in...

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