Posting in Retrospect

It's now basically a full two days after class. I would've posted sooner, but I'm still working on finding time right now for eating and sleeping, let alone getting around to doing work.

So, class on Tuesday. In general, I had a pretty low energy level, from the time that I woke up all the way through the end of the day, so I was a bit lethargic during class. I enjoyed the group warmup, trusting each other to take care of the warming up of ourselves. I only wish I had gotten to do verbal, I learned some new tongue twisters. But alas...

I think the setup of our playing space was an example of too many cooks in the kitchen. That's why I just spent my time getting blocks, so that there would be one less opinion in an already crowded thoughtspace (I'm pretty sure I made up that word, but I like it anyway). At the same time, by setting down blocks in a more-or-less random way, maybe someone might have been inspired to make something from it. That's why there's usually only one set designer. But alas, it came together anyway, in solid fashion.

I need to rethink my sheet design for the next time we use them. I was feeling hindered by it, rather than aided by it. Not a good thing for a costume.

Looking forward to working with Hilary on the scene. I was led to think of the interesting paradigm in our department, being as small a crew as we are. I'm acting with people who I'm directing, and with people who have directed (or are directing) me, and acting with people that I'm stage managing, and stage managing people who have directed me, and a number of other permutations involving the different things I've done here. In truth, I'd say that we are all acting together though, regardless of what our title is, actor or director or designer. We're all playing our parts, although once we are not in the theatre arena, we are all peers again. For those three-ish hours, we take on the roles of authority figures, knowledge bases, and actors. Eh, musings on the meta...

Well, my night, regrettably, has just started. Many proverbial miles to go...