slowly shifting away from "what am i feeling?" to "what do i want?" which as it turns out feels even *more* vulnerable
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mentioned the other day that from least to most vulnerable to share, for him: thoughts, bodily sensations, feelings, wants / desires / imaginings
which resonates for me and i've been reflecting on it
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"Suppose an eight-year-old writes a story about being chased down a mouse-hole by a monstrous spider. It'll be perceived as 'childish' and no one will worry. If he writes the same story when he's fourteen it may be taken as a sign of mental abnormality."
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ironically i'm now gonna quote someone else: keith johnstone said a similar thing in impro about artists censoring their creativity out of worry about how it reflects on them, rather than e.g. seeing art as something that pours out of but doesn't belong to the artist
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"We have an idea that art is self-expression - which historically is weird. An artist used to be seen as a medium through which something else operated. He was a servant of the God."
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ironically i'm now gonna quote someone else: keith johnstone said a similar thing in impro about artists censoring their creativity out of worry about how it reflects on them, rather than e.g. seeing art as something that pours out of but doesn't belong to the artist
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basically exactly what i want to be, skillful tag here ser
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if you haven't read this book like... impro is still my #1 overall book recommendation period and i think you would especially love it. here's one of several lovely blog posts about it:
ribbonfarm.com/2010/01/23/imp
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I checked it out from the library and started it and quickly realized I was gonna need my own copy hah. I’m gonna order that today!
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i feel like my initial reaction when i read impro for the first time was like “…is he allowed to talk about this??? is this legal???”
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i finished the section on Status before I took it back. I know exactly what you mean, it was mind blowing
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the section for you is the section on masks tho for real
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