We will NOT meet Saturday October 11, due to UT Fall Break.
See you on Saturday October 18!
For session 3 we introduced the Independent Activity. Independent activities train us to inhabit a reality; to inhabit a set of imaginary circumstances. In a play or film, this reality would come from the script. In a workshop, we create these activities ourselves.
A good independent activity should be Specific, Difficult, Safe, and Possible
SPECIFIC
You have to know when you’re done with the task. Stanislavski said, “Generality is the enemy of all art.”
DIFFICULT
Your activity should be physically difficult, as opposed to mentally or emotionally difficult.
SAFE
Respect yourself, others in the room, and the space.
POSSIBLE
If you know that the activity is impossible to accomplish, you won’t make a full commitment.
Strengthening the muscles of your “doing”, over time, strengthens your ability to accept imaginary circumstances and behave truthfully within them.