Writing

I write about art, improv and living an uncertain/creative life

Time To Make Some Art (together)

I deeply believe that art can help. It can comfort, sooth, support, and help us feel like we are part of a community. It feels like...

Be Interested Not Interesting: Trying to figure out what audiences want.

Commitment is engaging. I learned this as a beginning improviser almost twenty years ago with an exercise called “The Exit Game”. I was introduced to this...

Just Ask Them: helping your audience get what they want

Have you ever witnessed a presentation that has gone completely off the rails? The kind where you snap out of a day dream and realize that...

Every Meeting Needs a Referee

Habits are hard to break. I was recently told to loose a few pounds and to stop eating… At least that is what I heard, what...

Drawing To Listen: The power of the doodle

t’s 1977. I’m in sixth grade and I’m in trouble. Mrs. White, my sixth grade teacher, has just asked me to stay in from recess, which...

The Worry List: Staying Present In The Face Of Uncertainty

It’s three in the morning in Cusco, Peru, and I am unable to sleep. My heart is pounding in triple time. My hands and feet are...

Making Art Without A Script

At the height of the Phoenix Mural Festival it was 107 degrees. My paint was drying before it touched the wall. I hadn’t planned for this....