I don’t know the name exactly but it’s easy and really fun, all you need is cardboard glue and scissors. you can cut up silhouettes and decorate the theater (glued curtains are very cute), then just put a light behind it and play with, improvising or rehearsing and then showing to others, kid of 5 loved it (and so did I)
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what they don’t tell you about acting, what they hide behind the expensive courses and psychobabble theories, is that it’s mostly very silly and anyone can do it.
you go into any random basement in this country and you’ll probably find a buncha folks making music together. let’s start doing that with plays! write something fun, wear kooky costumes from thrift store clothing pieces, paint a backdrop on a white sheet, et… voilà!
Feb 23, 2024
I wrote the song (in french) and then created the story around it. Along with the entirety of the Halloween Special (Lou Broke Spoke Spooky (to me) Volume II) the props are handmade and the theatre is made out of cardboard. It is something I’d never done before and I’m very proud of how it turned out, as I am with the whole special.
Feb 16, 2024
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Did this for the first time back in July. I have never chain smoked more cigarettes or laughed harder than I did that night. Go to a drama bookshop or a library, pick out something random with an ensemble big enough to fit your group, and just go crazy. It’s pure fun and so silly but also really creatively engaging. We read some new-ish work called Family Furniture and it was pretty terrible, but it was a great time stumbling through it. All you need is a living room and the chutzpah to get choicey and you have a night made!
Nov 10, 2022
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Hahahha maybe it is a cult! I loved what I read, I think I got through half of it, the exercises are fun and can give you great insights, but I guess the greatest tool it gives is the morning pages, still do it and it’s great for those who can’t meditate. But I heard there is a curse if don’t finish it and when I dropped some bad things happened so be warned I guess
Apr 24, 2024
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I like to remember that time is on your side, it will get easier as time goes by just for nature of it. So focusing on going through the day-to-day the best you can while being kind to yourself and letting the days past is what helped me.
It’s not easy, you have to go through the grief to come up on the other side.
But stick with the things that make your present more bearable and you WILL come up on the other side.
For me it was doing things for myself: listening to music, visiting close friends, cooking for myself, going on walks on nature, spending time alone and bored and finding new things I liked and enjoying my own company was life changing.
The loneliness is rough but it can be a great teacher (at least I like to think something had to come out of all that pain).
I guess it really depends on the break up the narratives you are telling yourself right now, but if you can be mindful about them, observe them, and let go of trying to understand and control everything they get less cruel. Right now you just need to survive and receive some kindness, later on you can build the story around it (Without the fog of the pain around it).
And for the love of god cut contact with them, their family and friends, at least for a while. rebuild yourself outside their zone of influence. Show vulnerability if you can, it can bring great support and lending ears, BE KIND TO YOURSELF (although have in mind sometimes over indulgence is not kind).
You will get through it, time is on your side.
Apr 18, 2024
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Oooh this is a great question I also want more recs!
For me is mostly walking listening to music, usually in nature, and then thinking of something yummy to eat and go to supermarket and cook it. also reading and writing is a fun way to spend time alone…
Apr 24, 2024