The Art Of Falling
Life is hard, y’all. We grow up and we’re supposed to work hard to “make something” of ourselves; to somehow bring order to the chaos of life. And once we’ve done that, maybe we’ll find that ever-elusive work/life balance… Real talk: I’m sick of the work/life balance myth. Work and life are not two […]
Authenticity and Spirit of the Torch
The walk to fearless is a walk towards greater authenticity. How do I stand in front of the crowd, or even one person, and be me? Imperfect, but authentic: letting it all in, letting it all out. Just be yourself… right? It’s a misconception that people who feel anxiety while performing aren’t meant to be […]
Small talk
I used to think that “small talk” was just a way in which inter-actors kept themselves safe and avoided getting to the real meat of a scene. Then, by chance, I started training inter-actors to create one-on-one scenes that could last up to 60 minutes. It turns out that small talk can be very useful. […]
Treating crowds as people
Below is a link to an interesting article in The Economist about about modeling crowd dynamics on the behavior of molecules (a common model) and on the behavior of people (the innovation addressed in the article). Turns out there is an advantage to the use of both models. Wisdom About Crowds – http://www.economist.com/node/18584096 The article was sent […]