I took the long road to work this morning. As I walked down the street with the sun warming my back and stretching that long shadow of mine ahead I caught myself churning thoughts for the people who never talk to each other for lack of confidence in their words. Strangers would pass by and as our shadows overlapped I was given the joy to observe their silent play. I began to imagine about a new world where shadows had a life of their own. How they would start talking to each other as I and the two very shy strangers next to me were now all walking side by side down the street. There was a lovely December chill in the morning air. Call me the incurably romantic on it but if it wasn't for their shadows 'kissing' into each other these total strangers would never have met. They would never exchange a word not even an innocent smile of introduction!
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
The audience's thoughts
An experimental idea for a theater play. The audience sits on stage and the actors are scattered sitting in the audience seats. The spotlight shines on the actors who perform the play about an audience's thoughts during a play, talking out loud, reciting or discussing them with the person sitting next to them. The real audience is on stage and watches what is going in the minds of that imaginary audience which could be them. It be interesting to record the real audience on video and study their reactions. Are they different, perhaps more engaging and forthcoming? Does sitting on stage, the space where actors usually perform, have an effect on audience behavior?
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Mamma Mia, Pappa Trio
Wouldn't that be a more descriptive title for the famous musical and movie? One mamma and three fathers taken one at a time classifies as a trio. The play was written in the 60s where DNA testing wasn't a popular method to discover paternity and know for sure who your father is. Perhaps that's why great stories like Mamma Mia can not be inspired in our times. The DNA testing kills the most imaginative Pappa Trio part of the story. [As we say in Greek, the Pappa takes his Tria tou...] :D:D:D
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Sunday, March 9, 2008
What's the point of a tie in a game?
This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 9 March 2008 by member timmyd
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If the idea behind playing a game is to take on a challenge and the goal is to always win, then what is the point of accepting the tie as a result in a game?
When you accept the tie as a result, does that mean the two teams are equal? What's the point of knowing that you can't beat the other and that neither he or she can beat you back either? Should ending a game in a tie be not acceptable as a final result? What do you think?
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If the idea behind playing a game is to take on a challenge and the goal is to always win, then what is the point of accepting the tie as a result in a game?
When you accept the tie as a result, does that mean the two teams are equal? What's the point of knowing that you can't beat the other and that neither he or she can beat you back either? Should ending a game in a tie be not acceptable as a final result? What do you think?
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
The reactions of others!
This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 3 March 2008 by member gogol328
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If genius and talent is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration then what a better way to measure those two on a live theatrical play through the body responses of the audience! What if the seats the audience sits on were made to gather that data. In the movie "The Lives of Others" Stasi uses an interrogation technique where the suspect keeps his sweaty palms pressed to the seat of his chair so as to get a sample of his sweat on an impregnated cloth before it can be given to a tracker dog to sniff.
What if the seats in a theater were made so as to monitor the amount and timing that bodily fluids are produced (sweat, tears etc) as well as the audience's movements on the chair, their vibrations from laughter etc!
If we could gather all that data, wouldn't we be able to have a most accurate review for a play or a live performance? I imagine that the theater of the future has seats that can provide these data and posts the results online for everyone to read along with the reviews.
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If genius and talent is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration then what a better way to measure those two on a live theatrical play through the body responses of the audience! What if the seats the audience sits on were made to gather that data. In the movie "The Lives of Others" Stasi uses an interrogation technique where the suspect keeps his sweaty palms pressed to the seat of his chair so as to get a sample of his sweat on an impregnated cloth before it can be given to a tracker dog to sniff.
What if the seats in a theater were made so as to monitor the amount and timing that bodily fluids are produced (sweat, tears etc) as well as the audience's movements on the chair, their vibrations from laughter etc!
If we could gather all that data, wouldn't we be able to have a most accurate review for a play or a live performance? I imagine that the theater of the future has seats that can provide these data and posts the results online for everyone to read along with the reviews.
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