Excerpt from -Meet Your Playful Self YES….and… The video demonstrates one of the exercises in the “Workshop” section of the book – Meet Your Playful Self Yes…And… The concept of yes…and… is often the spring board into improvisation and creating a spontaneous and engaging dialogue for the players as well as the audience. People working [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Meet Your Playful Self – Yes…and,,,
Posted: 26th June 2009 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: book, excerpt, manuscript, self help, spiritual
Thanks for Taking My Call -3 Red
Posted: 24th June 2009 by cord in Thanks For Taking My Call - VideoTags: C span, comedy, health care, video
Thanks for Taking My Call More redish playful characters that have moved into my head. _¸,.»=椺²° Meet Your Playful Self – http://www.myplayfulself.com
Can you “Handel” a good dam post?
Posted: 23rd June 2009 by cord in The Driftless TrailsTags: Handel, Kickapoo, video, Water Music
The Dam on the Kickapoo River Gays Mills, Wisconsin The Kickapoos (Kickapoo: Kiikaapoa or Kiikaapoi) are one of the Algonquian speaking Native American tribes. According to the Anishinaabeg, the name “Kickapoo” means “Stands Here and there” and refers to the tribes migratory patterns.The name can also mean “wanderer”. The river is one of the oldest [...]
People at Play – *Zoom *Schwartz*……
Posted: 22nd June 2009 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: book, improvisation, self help, spiritual, video
Excerpt from -Meet Your Playful Self I spent one year teaching in the conservatory at Second City in Chicago where I revisited and reread the work and teachings of Viola Spolin in her book “Improvisation for the Theatre”. Viola Spolin was one of the first great teachers to snatch the word “improvisation” from the hands [...]
Thanks for Taking My Call – blue
Posted: 17th June 2009 by cord in Thanks For Taking My Call - VideoTags: C span, comedy, health care, satire, video
Thanks for Taking My Call – blue I could not leave it with the RED version of my favorite “call-in” types so I added some new BLUE folks. _¸,.»=椺²° Meet Your Playful Self – http://www.myplayfulself.com
Thanks for Taking My Call
Posted: 16th June 2009 by cord in Thanks For Taking My Call - VideoTags: C span, comedy, health care, satire, video
Thanks for Taking My Call I have gotten the habit of watching the C-Span Washington Reports call in show in the morning while I have coffee. Here are some of the fun and playful characters that have moved into my head as a result. Thanks For Taking My Call 1 _¸,.»=椺²° Meet Your Playful Self [...]
Soul Stay ssssssssss
Posted: 15th June 2009 by cord in Muse LaneTags: poetry, Solstice, structural poetry
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Bathtub Springs
Posted: 13th June 2009 by cord in The Driftless TrailsTags: driftless area, springs, water
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Bridge to….
Posted: 4th June 2009 by cord in Muse LaneTags: bridge, poetry.structural poetry, spiritual
What bridge is there ‘ ` ` ` § ` ` ` ‘ a q u e d u c t ‘ ` ` ` § ` ` ` ‘ y o u r s k i n ‘ ` ` ` § ` ` ` ‘ Might be crossed ‘ ` ` ` § [...]