Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Treatise (part 1)

Josh

Writing is a good way to gauge your own understanding of an idea. If you think you know something writing it down can show holes in your knowledge or how well you understand what you're trying to transcribe into words. The Michael Pizza guys are experimenting with this idea. We've decided to write a treatise on a topic that is important in improvisation. Here's what we've decided for each of us.

Josh- Being Concise
Ben- Support
Eric- Yes. And...
Brett- Agreement

I'm not exactly sure the other guy's take is on their topics, but my plan is to watch and better still, listen, to great improvisers around the city and note their words. Who best sums up ideas quickly? What does it mean to be concise? How do they do it? Is it practiced in life and then translates to the stage? Really, any idea that fits into the "conciseness" category I'll try to explore and post my findings to be criticized and added to.

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