1. Day one- hand to the bet of your abilities
2. Day two- focus on the line between hand and space
3. Day three- focus on light and dark areas
4. Day four- hand to the best of your abilities
Friday, December 23, 2011
Hand drawings!
In order of appearance:
1. Day one- hand to the bet of your abilities
2. Day two- focus on the line between hand and space
3. Day three- focus on light and dark areas
4. Day four- hand to the best of your abilities
1. Day one- hand to the bet of your abilities
2. Day two- focus on the line between hand and space
3. Day three- focus on light and dark areas
4. Day four- hand to the best of your abilities
Friday's Post
Pg-100
We hashed it out today an had our post mortem chat. I was happy we were able to express our "grievances" out loud and directly to the other person, it felt more open and more complete than just writing it down. We also began cleaning up the theatre and got fairly fair.
We hashed it out today an had our post mortem chat. I was happy we were able to express our "grievances" out loud and directly to the other person, it felt more open and more complete than just writing it down. We also began cleaning up the theatre and got fairly fair.
Tuesday's Post
Final page of Everyman!!
So Everyman cony yes his decent to his death, and all he has left is knowledge and good deeds. Good deeds being his only true friend swears on going with Everyman. Then knowledge admits he has to go like the others, and eventually says all you need are your good deeds anyway. And the doctor toward the end of the play basically read my mind. You have all these traits that ou think will continue with you when you die, but really it's only about getting into heaven or hell and that's decided on good deeds.
Pg-100
Today we watched The Seventh Seal, which was interesting to say the least. There were definitely some disturbing moments, but over all I started to see the similarities between the movie and Everyman, which I'm now happy I'm reading first, and also noticed the different tones of the movie. The Seventh Seal seems way more depressing while Everyman seems a lot more metaphorical and intellectual.
So Everyman cony yes his decent to his death, and all he has left is knowledge and good deeds. Good deeds being his only true friend swears on going with Everyman. Then knowledge admits he has to go like the others, and eventually says all you need are your good deeds anyway. And the doctor toward the end of the play basically read my mind. You have all these traits that ou think will continue with you when you die, but really it's only about getting into heaven or hell and that's decided on good deeds.
Pg-100
Today we watched The Seventh Seal, which was interesting to say the least. There were definitely some disturbing moments, but over all I started to see the similarities between the movie and Everyman, which I'm now happy I'm reading first, and also noticed the different tones of the movie. The Seventh Seal seems way more depressing while Everyman seems a lot more metaphorical and intellectual.
Monday's Post
So, in Everyman, he comes back from confession I believe, and basically says onward friends! And all his new friends/traits say they will follow him to his death, but slowly they all start backing away, and leave him for his own problems. Dirt goes beauty, then strength, then discretion, then five-wits. Which is funny because as you die, you loose your beauty, then you become weak and frail, then you cant make good choices, and finally you loose your 5 senses, sight, hearing, taste, and maybe scent and feeling. But all Everyman has left is good deeds and knowledge.
Pg-100
Today I participated in the cleaning and free movement exercise. I actually got to go for activities today, and I felt like it went well. Originally I didn't have a set of stakes, but my nerves created this sense of urgency and need to get it completed, and I could NOT stop shaking!! It felt so strange, and when Emily started Meisner with me, I was really freaking out because I had to finish, I needed to stack those pennies and she was wasting my time and being stupid! I was going insane to say the least, but it was fun to start independent activities again.
Pg-100
Today I participated in the cleaning and free movement exercise. I actually got to go for activities today, and I felt like it went well. Originally I didn't have a set of stakes, but my nerves created this sense of urgency and need to get it completed, and I could NOT stop shaking!! It felt so strange, and when Emily started Meisner with me, I was really freaking out because I had to finish, I needed to stack those pennies and she was wasting my time and being stupid! I was going insane to say the least, but it was fun to start independent activities again.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Tuesdays post
Everyman is forgiven I guess? Confession, Knowledge, and him go through basically a catholic confession. Knowledge and Confession act as the priests, mire so Confession, and have him say his sins, they ask him to change or to understand what he did wrong, and he prays a bit and thanks them. Then suddenly, all his sins are forgiven!! So its exactly like the Catholics. He is told to wear his "confession" as clothing to further protect him, an to make God see that he is sorry and has been through Confession. Plus Good Deeds isn't on the floor anymore! I'm still not sure why he was there at first! I think it's something like Everyman's good deeds were never used and he kind of forgot to do good things, so they fell or stayed on the ground maybe? I still don't get that character. Finally Everyman is told to also bring Discretion, Beauty, and his 5 Senses with him. And when I read that section I will figure out why!!!
Pg-100
Today we had theatre history which isn't going horribly. I'm like 99.5% sure I'm secretly a history nerd. Because I enjoy learning about the changes, but it's hard for me to now figure out change doesn't happen quickly. Maybe it's how I've been learning history period for the past few years but they make everything seem so quick. Like in one day a conqueror comes to a place and changes everything. But now I see that history isn't overnight, it's more so 100's of years. Like Greek into Roman, it was this slow movement that no one is sure when it happened, but from start to finish it is a definitive change. So it's something new. I also love to think that there were people who wanted to create and had artist dreams, and made art that they probably never thought someone would study and want to learn about and analyze.
Mondays post
So Everyman finds Good Deeds, who is for some reason stuck on the floor. I can't figure out the philosophical meaning behind that, but anyway! Good Deeds helps Everyman find Knowledge, who's his sister, which in my mind translates to with Good Deeds comes Knowledge. you learn when you do good things. Knowledge I also think symbolizes the knowing and acceptance of death were told we experience. More support for that is that when old people die peacefully in movies or books and on occasion real life, they have this acceptance of the end. They know it will come to everyone and it's there time now. Knowledge seems to calm Everyman down. He is instantly happy that someone will be there to hold his hand, which is evidence of my reasoning behind Knowledge. Knowledge, ironically and obviously, is
the common sense to Everyman. She suggests confession to basically make peace with God and try your best to not go to hell.
I'm really loving this symbolistic (is that a word?) play. It's a really creative way that someone could have just said "he died." Why couldn't I write a thesis on this?!?!!?!!
Pg-100
So today we had acting training, for what seems like a really long time to me. And it was different. I enjoyed the connection exercise, feeling energy from your body and connecting with an object. To be honest, there were moments when I didn't feel energy pulling me to an object in particular, but more of a space, or sense that my "time" was done with an object. Occasionally when I was drawn to a space, I would find an object I was draw to once I got there. But overall it was weird to sense the energy before moving because I feel like those are usually and supposed to be connected. One movement; the drive and the doing. And it gave me a better sense of intentions and stakes. At one point I was so so so bent on moving a bump in the floor, and it just wouldn't move!!!! I had no idea what it was but it pissed me off because the floor was uneven! Also I felt like my repetition went well today. I started feeling the repeating in my body and tried to focus on my feelings and wants tried and make them clear.
the common sense to Everyman. She suggests confession to basically make peace with God and try your best to not go to hell.
I'm really loving this symbolistic (is that a word?) play. It's a really creative way that someone could have just said "he died." Why couldn't I write a thesis on this?!?!!?!!
Pg-100
So today we had acting training, for what seems like a really long time to me. And it was different. I enjoyed the connection exercise, feeling energy from your body and connecting with an object. To be honest, there were moments when I didn't feel energy pulling me to an object in particular, but more of a space, or sense that my "time" was done with an object. Occasionally when I was drawn to a space, I would find an object I was draw to once I got there. But overall it was weird to sense the energy before moving because I feel like those are usually and supposed to be connected. One movement; the drive and the doing. And it gave me a better sense of intentions and stakes. At one point I was so so so bent on moving a bump in the floor, and it just wouldn't move!!!! I had no idea what it was but it pissed me off because the floor was uneven! Also I felt like my repetition went well today. I started feeling the repeating in my body and tried to focus on my feelings and wants tried and make them clear.
Wednesday's post
I figures out why MORE people had to go with Everyman. Five-wits is easy; "you must have tour wits about you," at all times even in death. Perhaps? Also your wits are your sources of common sense. Something Everyman definitely needs while going to die. And then there was Strength. Another easy one, you need courage and strength in order to calmly pass on. Discretion I think is, you must have discretion while doing anything. You have to be able to pass judgement on unfamiliar things. Beauty is the one I don't get. Why would you need to look pretty?
But finally, they all convince Everyman to join the priesthood to lessen his punishment, which I think in continuation of the Confession is a cop out. They're trying to save Everyman when I think the purpose for this play is acceptance of the fate you're given.
Pg-100
Today I had to re-re-write all of the cues for he dance show, aka anything that can go wrong will go wrong. I'd also like to point out that I don't think I did horribly when re-writing these cues the first time from memory. I also would like to think my design kind of worked! I'm improving!!!!!!
But finally, they all convince Everyman to join the priesthood to lessen his punishment, which I think in continuation of the Confession is a cop out. They're trying to save Everyman when I think the purpose for this play is acceptance of the fate you're given.
Pg-100
Today I had to re-re-write all of the cues for he dance show, aka anything that can go wrong will go wrong. I'd also like to point out that I don't think I did horribly when re-writing these cues the first time from memory. I also would like to think my design kind of worked! I'm improving!!!!!!
Friday, December 2, 2011
Friday's post
Pg: 100
Today I hung the entire rep plot for Mack's show, with help from the dancers. I'm hoping and praying and crossing everything that my first full stage plot (meaning the audience isn't sitting on stage, and I actually have front light, and I don't forget my side light) does work and makes Mack happy. Because this is a LEGIT show. While Freshman and Senior Showcase are both important and are legit shows, the performers were my friends, they're more forgiving, plus I can use the excuse that it's difficult to design well with only half the stage. But now, I can't exactly have that excuse. Now the excuse is something along the lines of "I fucked up", but I mean other than that I'm super excited for it!
Today I hung the entire rep plot for Mack's show, with help from the dancers. I'm hoping and praying and crossing everything that my first full stage plot (meaning the audience isn't sitting on stage, and I actually have front light, and I don't forget my side light) does work and makes Mack happy. Because this is a LEGIT show. While Freshman and Senior Showcase are both important and are legit shows, the performers were my friends, they're more forgiving, plus I can use the excuse that it's difficult to design well with only half the stage. But now, I can't exactly have that excuse. Now the excuse is something along the lines of "I fucked up", but I mean other than that I'm super excited for it!
Wednesday's Post
Continuing with Everyman, once Fellowship leaves, Everyman's cousins, Cousin and Kindred, come to him and he asks them to follow him to his death. Now, there interaction was kind of cruel, because these three are family, they're kinsmen, and Cousin and Kindred basically run away from Everyman when he needs them. Kindred is especially cruel and literally says "I will abandon you when you need me the most" which I think is pretty horrible to flat out tell someone "Yeah I'm giving up on you."
But there's also something satirically funny about Everyman. Everyman clearly has friends and people around him, but as he needs them, they all shoot him down. I know its a pretty tough price to pay for a friend, but it makes me think of all the empty promises we make to people just because we think they'll never have to be fulfilled. It's the old "I'll take a bullet for you" idea, we as people want to support people and cheer them up, but often we're hiding our true feelings and being polite, and doing what is seen as socially acceptable. We never think we'd have to take a bullet for someone; but if we were put in that position, how many would actually take the bullet? I think the author is doing a great job of asking that question in a thought provoking although humorous way.
Pg: 100
Today was my minor day, and I had a lot of fun. Becca and I started making some costumes for Mack's show and they started coming out really cool; this like woven knot pattern that Becca and I basically attacked. We practically swarmed our two mannequins and just started tying away. I was surprised that I enjoyed even basic costume design/making, because I usually have issues when thinking of costumes directorially. I'll think of either really generic costumes that don't form a character, or something so perceptional that no one relates it to a character but me. So with my minor I'm hoping to understand other design aspects than lights.
But there's also something satirically funny about Everyman. Everyman clearly has friends and people around him, but as he needs them, they all shoot him down. I know its a pretty tough price to pay for a friend, but it makes me think of all the empty promises we make to people just because we think they'll never have to be fulfilled. It's the old "I'll take a bullet for you" idea, we as people want to support people and cheer them up, but often we're hiding our true feelings and being polite, and doing what is seen as socially acceptable. We never think we'd have to take a bullet for someone; but if we were put in that position, how many would actually take the bullet? I think the author is doing a great job of asking that question in a thought provoking although humorous way.
Pg: 100
Today was my minor day, and I had a lot of fun. Becca and I started making some costumes for Mack's show and they started coming out really cool; this like woven knot pattern that Becca and I basically attacked. We practically swarmed our two mannequins and just started tying away. I was surprised that I enjoyed even basic costume design/making, because I usually have issues when thinking of costumes directorially. I'll think of either really generic costumes that don't form a character, or something so perceptional that no one relates it to a character but me. So with my minor I'm hoping to understand other design aspects than lights.
Thursday's Post
The characters of Everyman are confusing me now. Maybe I'm getting philosophical, but I'm trying to relate the "character trait" characters to a world that also has "inanimate object" characters like the new character Goods. How is Everyman talking to his goods as a person? How does Goods exist in the same universe as the other characters? Or Everyman is going crazy and is now talking to his pile of money in the back corner.
Everyman continues his search for a deathly partner with Goods, his stuff, who basically tells him "I'm not going to help you in Hell, because I don't have value down there" Goods also says that he isn't Everyman's, he is God's gift to Everyman and that when Everyman is gone, Goods goes to someone else. That's the nature of money, its past from person to person.
I think Goods being an object is the play write's way of telling the audience a little bit more about Everyman. Goods recounts how Everyman got him, and says that if he had been nicer to the poor or hadn't been as frugal, he wouldn't be about to loose his life. Also, you can kind of say that more people would like Everyman and probably consider following him, because he had done nice things for them: you scratch my back, I scratch yours. And the play write might also be referencing that we don't take any belongings with us when we die, we just stop living; we don't travel to a special door with all of our valuables that we can use in the next life, or go on a train to heaven or hell with our suitcase, its just us dying. Valuables don't actually help anyone once their dead, they're only good to us while were alive.
Pg- I was absent today.
Everyman continues his search for a deathly partner with Goods, his stuff, who basically tells him "I'm not going to help you in Hell, because I don't have value down there" Goods also says that he isn't Everyman's, he is God's gift to Everyman and that when Everyman is gone, Goods goes to someone else. That's the nature of money, its past from person to person.
I think Goods being an object is the play write's way of telling the audience a little bit more about Everyman. Goods recounts how Everyman got him, and says that if he had been nicer to the poor or hadn't been as frugal, he wouldn't be about to loose his life. Also, you can kind of say that more people would like Everyman and probably consider following him, because he had done nice things for them: you scratch my back, I scratch yours. And the play write might also be referencing that we don't take any belongings with us when we die, we just stop living; we don't travel to a special door with all of our valuables that we can use in the next life, or go on a train to heaven or hell with our suitcase, its just us dying. Valuables don't actually help anyone once their dead, they're only good to us while were alive.
Pg- I was absent today.
Tuesday's Post
So Everyman. I figured out that he is asking people to accompany him to his death, and I'm fairly sure that by accompanying him the person would die as well. So I'm predicting that Everyman will go alone, or that this is a test of God, and those who do not give up their life to help Everyman will die. I think that would fit with God's disappointment with everyone.
Plot wise, Everyman meets Fellowship, who is a very caring and supportive person, and I think symbolistically meant to be one of Everyman's freidnly relationships (which is the definition of fellowship). And while Fellowship promises Everyman that he will support him and follow him, and even mentions staying with him until he dies, Everyman asks him to keep to his promises and actually follow him. Fellowship refuses saying he was only acting in a polite and socially acceptable way.
I think that one convention of this play is that while characters' names suggest at their character traits, the traits are very shallow, like Fellowship who has fellowship towards Everyman, but its lost once Everyman actually needs him. but I need to read more to see if it's a consistant convention.
Pg: 100
Today we continued our history lesson, and I was surprised how much I kind of remembered about Greek/Roman times, because we barely wnet over that in freshman year history, and besides that I haven't learned about Grrek/Roman time since almost 6th-7th grade. I took notes and partook in our discussion, also I knew a lot of the cities and countries that we went over.
Plot wise, Everyman meets Fellowship, who is a very caring and supportive person, and I think symbolistically meant to be one of Everyman's freidnly relationships (which is the definition of fellowship). And while Fellowship promises Everyman that he will support him and follow him, and even mentions staying with him until he dies, Everyman asks him to keep to his promises and actually follow him. Fellowship refuses saying he was only acting in a polite and socially acceptable way.
I think that one convention of this play is that while characters' names suggest at their character traits, the traits are very shallow, like Fellowship who has fellowship towards Everyman, but its lost once Everyman actually needs him. but I need to read more to see if it's a consistant convention.
Pg: 100
Today we continued our history lesson, and I was surprised how much I kind of remembered about Greek/Roman times, because we barely wnet over that in freshman year history, and besides that I haven't learned about Grrek/Roman time since almost 6th-7th grade. I took notes and partook in our discussion, also I knew a lot of the cities and countries that we went over.
Monday's post
I realised this week that I completely blanked on blogs last week. I seriously need to get back into the habit of daily blogs. It blew my mind that I just didn't do them.
Anyways! Today I started reading Everyman by Anonymous, which I must say I love the irony and the message of that. Everyman written by no man. Or Everyman written by what could be anyone, so that makes me think of a universal story. Or that it could be a play about anything, its just really vague. Even the characters are vague, like Messenger, God, Death, Everyman. Good Deeds is a character! So right off the bat I was seriously interested in this play.
Then I started reading. I kind of caught on to the plot, but I had to look up a lot of words to understand the dialogue. There was a lot of thee, thine, thy, cometh, and other -th words. To me it seemed like less rhyme-y Shakespeare. So far I understood that God is upset with every man on earth. Every one neglects what God has done for them and that they only have worldly possessions because of him, and God is sick of it. (As a side note, I had a moment where I actually thanked Catholic school, because as God is talking about what he's done for everyone, he mentions dying on the cross, so for a second I was really confused and kept thinking "but that was Jesus..." but then came the light bulb God/Jesus/Holy Spirit = same person.) But finally, God calls Death to go find Everyman and tell him that basically his time is up. Then Death starts to tell Everyman its your time to go, and Everyman asks to stay and pray to relieve his sins, or make peace with everyone in his life (or at least that's what I got from their dialogue) finally Death agrees to give him one more day to either find someone to die with him or ask fro forgiveness of his sins, or both, I'm not sure.
Here is one of the philosophical parts I'm not sure of, is "Everyman" literately standing for every man? Like is God trying to kill everyone on the planet? or is his name Everyman to stand for any person, like "this could happen to any one"? But then why isn't the character's name Anyman? OR is it that every person in the world has to go through this so the play write has Everyman as a symbol for every one's "passage"? Things to think about.
Pg: 100
Today we started with or majors and minors. As a directing major I got to do movement today, which was a lot of fun. It's weirdly calming and instinctual, while still being and exercise and still being work. I was sweating by the end of it. And the mindset i tried to fall into was all about wants and needs. I kept thinking "I want to touch that person's ankle" or "I want this person to move with me this way." or when other people would interact with me I would think "This person needs to be supported here" or "This person needs to run in that direction, I have to run with them". I think it actually made the exercise work really well for me by thinking this. But at the same time I did notice that I occasionally blocked out the rest of the group because I would be focused on my wants/needs or only one other person's wants/needs. Next time for movement I'm going to try incorporating the group's wants/needs and see how that effects my experience.
Anyways! Today I started reading Everyman by Anonymous, which I must say I love the irony and the message of that. Everyman written by no man. Or Everyman written by what could be anyone, so that makes me think of a universal story. Or that it could be a play about anything, its just really vague. Even the characters are vague, like Messenger, God, Death, Everyman. Good Deeds is a character! So right off the bat I was seriously interested in this play.
Then I started reading. I kind of caught on to the plot, but I had to look up a lot of words to understand the dialogue. There was a lot of thee, thine, thy, cometh, and other -th words. To me it seemed like less rhyme-y Shakespeare. So far I understood that God is upset with every man on earth. Every one neglects what God has done for them and that they only have worldly possessions because of him, and God is sick of it. (As a side note, I had a moment where I actually thanked Catholic school, because as God is talking about what he's done for everyone, he mentions dying on the cross, so for a second I was really confused and kept thinking "but that was Jesus..." but then came the light bulb God/Jesus/Holy Spirit = same person.) But finally, God calls Death to go find Everyman and tell him that basically his time is up. Then Death starts to tell Everyman its your time to go, and Everyman asks to stay and pray to relieve his sins, or make peace with everyone in his life (or at least that's what I got from their dialogue) finally Death agrees to give him one more day to either find someone to die with him or ask fro forgiveness of his sins, or both, I'm not sure.
Here is one of the philosophical parts I'm not sure of, is "Everyman" literately standing for every man? Like is God trying to kill everyone on the planet? or is his name Everyman to stand for any person, like "this could happen to any one"? But then why isn't the character's name Anyman? OR is it that every person in the world has to go through this so the play write has Everyman as a symbol for every one's "passage"? Things to think about.
Pg: 100
Today we started with or majors and minors. As a directing major I got to do movement today, which was a lot of fun. It's weirdly calming and instinctual, while still being and exercise and still being work. I was sweating by the end of it. And the mindset i tried to fall into was all about wants and needs. I kept thinking "I want to touch that person's ankle" or "I want this person to move with me this way." or when other people would interact with me I would think "This person needs to be supported here" or "This person needs to run in that direction, I have to run with them". I think it actually made the exercise work really well for me by thinking this. But at the same time I did notice that I occasionally blocked out the rest of the group because I would be focused on my wants/needs or only one other person's wants/needs. Next time for movement I'm going to try incorporating the group's wants/needs and see how that effects my experience.
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