This post was lifted directly from the book, “Meet Your Playful Self”. The transformation described was repeated many times over the years and months and weeks. The picture of Ann is a complete fantasy created on the software at my web face. You want to be more playful and spontaneous in your daily communication and [...]
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Ann’s Transformation
Posted: 3rd September 2010 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: book, improvisation, playful, self help, transformation
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Forty-seven Paths to Play
Posted: 2nd September 2010 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: 47, book, improvisation, playful, self help, spiritual
The 47 Society is an international interest-group that follows the occurence and recurrence of the quintessential random number: 47. Many suspect that the coincidental nature of 47 carries some mystical, metaphysical and/or scientific significance. I had no knowledge of this fact before I posted this… In thirty years of observing hundreds of people working as [...]
The playful…..play!
Posted: 19th August 2010 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: book, improvisation, play, stephane grappelli
_¸,.»¬=椺²°`¯¯`°²º¤æ- _¸,.»¬=椺²°`¯¯`°²º¤æ- Improvisation, it is a mystery. You can write a book about it, but by the end on one still knows what it is. When I improvise and I’m in good form, I’m like somebody half sleeping. I even forget there are people in front of me. Great improvisers are like priests; they are [...]
Comedy & Vulnerability-1
Posted: 11th August 2010 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: book, comedy, improvisation
Pronunciation: \ˈvəl-n(ə-)rə-bəl, ˈvəl-nər-bəl\ Function: adjective Etymology: Late Latin vulnerabilis, from Latin vulnerare to wound, from vulner-, vulnus wound; probably akin to Latin vellere to pluck, Greek oulē wound Date: 1605* ________ from Merriam Webster online dictionary 1 : capable of being physically or emotionally wounded 2 : open to attack or damage : assailable 3 [...]
Zenprov – That’s what I’M talking about.
Posted: 1st August 2010 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: book, improvisation, playful, spiritual
I found the improvisational work of Nancy Howl and Walker and Marshal Stern…
The Book – Meet Your Playful Self
Posted: 5th January 2010 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: book, improvisation, self help, spiritual
Meet Your Playful Self Meet Your Playful Self is the title of my book. Meet Your Playful Self engages people in a playful practice for living everyday life. The approach is similar to The Artist’s Way, which was published when the cover of Time magazine read “The Economy: Is There Light at the End of [...]
Meet Your Playful Self – Yes…and,,,
Posted: 26th June 2009 by cord in Book Berry RoadTags: book, excerpt, manuscript, self help, spiritual
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 [...]
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 [...]