I think talking is more important than we are led to believe. The binary is not as clear as it seems. I have the feeling that it is not talk, then do. It is talk, then do, then talk, then do, then talk, then do some more.
We were able to really nail down our piece after we talked again, for like, the fifth time. I find I cant work off of just doing, because then the direction isn't clear. Which is where the message comes in. Even so, I find the fomula of "when we blank we blank" hard to work with. Not to say there isn't any merit in it; it makes everything essential poignant and efficient. But sometimes the structure rules out other possibilities. Tis the nature of drama though. If we were able to do every possible thing, theatre as we know it would never exist.
I suppose what I'm saying is, once our group got all the crap out of the way, and finally all got on the same page (we had to talk to do this though), we were able to re-vamp our piece, consolidate, and condense. Now we have a clear framework from which we can add and subtract.
I wonder what it means to say something personal in theatre, especially collective creation. We look for it, do we not? The personal that is. My inquiry is more directed to the idea that, even if we aren't "saying" something personal, aren't we always anyway? If a performance is merely a depiction or presentation of something, isn't it personal because we created it? I would like to assume that everything we come up with has a purpose, or a point, or is saying something. I certainly feel this way about my work. Otherwise I wouldn't be invested in it.
Art is a funny thing. So is life. And love. I would much rather post about philosophical notions, but alas, we live in a realm in which we must follow the framework, if we want to take part in the societal majority.
If you haven't noticed yet, I like to make shit up. Good night. Or good morning. You decide.
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