Sublime

Projects. Seymour provocatively argued for “projects over problems.” Of course, Seymour understood the importance of problem solving. But he believed that people learn to solve problems (and learn new concepts and strategies) most effectively while they are actively engaged in meaningful projects. Too often, schools start by teaching concepts to st

He is an amazing man and artist, and his films My Dinner with Andre and Vanya on 42nd Street were HUGE inspirations to me (watch them!). For a few weeks he once gathered a group of lost actor souls in a loft in the Garment District, and we would do these strange body exercises called plastiques.

'every performance is also a creative act, there is no distinct separation between performer and creator' (Goody

Pour atteindre cet équilibre, un enseignant chevronné remplit quatre rôles principaux : il implique ses élèves, il leur donne les moyens d’apprendre, il croit en eux et il les stimule.

This work is deeply personal, and it invites you to do your own transformative work, because who you are is more important than what you teach.

Comedians want to be funny. Great storytellers want to be remembered. For this reason, they deploy laughter strategically.

Once you’ve come up with a new idea, there are two ways to test it. First, there is the one I described earlier, when you bring the critical faculties you suspended during the playful stage to bear on whatever it is that you have thought of. You’re now sufficiently clear about your idea to be in a position to evaluate it. If you decide it can be im

workshops. What the instructor has to give is, I think, above all, experience – whether rationalized and verbalized or just shared by being there, being a writer, reading the work, talking about the work.