Tomorrow, I go to see Jesse perform the final hour-long improvisation of his latest project. (One hour-long improv per week, for one year.) I'm excited. I know it's going to be good, and definitely give me some food for thought. He's the one that inspired my whole project, so I can't help but feel at least a little invested in his. And as he posts comments here and there about being both excited and sad as his year comes to a close, I wonder about what I'm going to do when my time is up.
August 15. That's my day. I've already thought about this. But I still haven't concluded anything. I don't know if I have the stamina to keep up this kind of work for another year, but I've been so utterly transformed that I feel it a terrible loss and shame to just stop. Maybe a month long break, and then I should start something up again?
What will I do with my first day of freedom? If I stop being held accountable, will I stop improvising? Have I changed enough that this will just be a part of what I do, and not something that I struggle for? (Still struggling, by the way.)
Some concerning questions, there. And other unwritten questions, floating on by....
Here we go, Day 262: https://ia600309.us.archive.org/12/items/Improv5212/20120502205149.mp3
August 15. That's my day. I've already thought about this. But I still haven't concluded anything. I don't know if I have the stamina to keep up this kind of work for another year, but I've been so utterly transformed that I feel it a terrible loss and shame to just stop. Maybe a month long break, and then I should start something up again?
What will I do with my first day of freedom? If I stop being held accountable, will I stop improvising? Have I changed enough that this will just be a part of what I do, and not something that I struggle for? (Still struggling, by the way.)
Some concerning questions, there. And other unwritten questions, floating on by....
Here we go, Day 262: https://ia600309.us.archive.org/12/items/Improv5212/20120502205149.mp3