Monday
That reminds me of improv. Newcomers expect that improv is a very active, concerted effort to be funny. But what’s so stimulating about doing improv is that it’s not (necessarily) about being funny, but that the whole approach of saying, “Yes, and…,” guides us to notice and act in response to what the rest of the team is doing. It becomes this collaborative problem-solving activity that happens to generate a performance, rather than the typical “stuff from the inside comes out” model of performance. And the key to making that performance flow is that everyone is paying close attention each other.
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Ever Notice? (AIGA Journal of Business and Design)
I’m 3 weeks into my UCB improv classes and this describes pretty much while I am taking them.