Today's Muse: Eau de Babeh

" Students will arrive with many techniques for avoiding the pain of failure. John Holt's How Children Fail gives examples of children learning to get around problems. If you screw your face up and bite on your pencil to show you're 'trying', the teacher may write out the answer for you. (In my school, if you sat relaxed and thought, you were likely to get swiped on the back of the head.)

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For example, many students will begin an improvisation, or a scene, in a rather feeble way. It's as if they're ill, and lacking in vitality. They've learned to play for sympathy. However easy the problem, they'll use the same old trick of looking inadequate... makes everyone fed up with them.

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No one has sympathy with an adult who takes such an attitude, but when they were children it probably worked. As adults they're still doing it. "

Impro, Keith Johnstone

It's a remarkably easy read, Impro. Johnstone writes like he's actually explaining his ideas and methods to you in person, as opposed to simply documenting them. And he's very charming.

To Do:
1. Notebook. [Tech, P. Analysis, Gamelan]
2. Voice Journal Comics. [L.1 layout done. L.2, L.3 - plan lay by Friday, L.4 tmr]
3. Gingerbreadman Set painting. [+ costuming]
4. Scrub locker.
5. Insult list.
6. Buy 10mm crochet hook. [Spotlight 50% thing going down]
7. Ask Jo about Gamelan prac room
8. Add status game overlay to Scene Prep presentation
9. Learn to tell time

Put it up so you lovely can nag me and thus get work done. Like, something smart-like, no.

Gah, it's 1am and I have Voice later. Bbluppt.