Sprezzatura #24 - Large Language Supermodel
We’re in 2026. The distant future for some. Deep in the past for others. But not for us. We are suspended, like a spider at the end of a thread, in the...
Sprezzatura #23 - Full Sails to the Wind
Let’s talk about the Oslo Improv Festival that ran Oct 18-25 this year. I was thrilled to be invited and to sum it up in a word: stupendous! Oak And Maple: I...
Sprezzatura #22 - Catharsis By Proxy
I’m currently playing Earth Defense Force 6 with some friends online. You fight an invading horde of aliens and monsters that just happen to look like giant...
Sprezzatura #21 - Surely Everything's Fine
It’s been a minute since my last email. Life threw a few curveballs my way over the summer but things have stabilized. I’ve got the capacity to write again...
Sprezzatura #20 - The Persistent Threat And Gift Of Overmorrow
It’s about to be June in Montreal. The weather gets sunny and humid. SO humid. Too humid. I don’t like it. But early June is also time for the Montreal...
Sprezzatura #19 - Miles I'd Walk
There’s no snow. There’s no grass. There’s no leaves. We are in weather purgatory in Montreal. The bright linen whites of winter are behind us. The verdant...
Sprezzatura #18 - Axioms To Govern The Stars
Hello, friends! If you think of today as February 29 and not March 1, it’s still last month and, therefore, this is still a monthly newsletter. This logic is...
Sprezzatura #17 - The Enigmas We Create For Ourselves
Well, I’m not going to disagree with the common sentiment: January has been the longest two months of the year so far. Here’s to onwards and upwards. [TV]...
Sprezzatura #16 - What Santa Hath Wrought
It’s the holidays. A Byzantine labyrinth of food, friends, and family. Navigating the impossible geometries of capitalism and gift-giving. The parallel and...
Sprezzatura #15 - And Rohan Will Answer
It’s fall. I’ve sent out enough Sprezzatura emails that long-time subscribers know how I feel about it. Sweater weather, apple pie, the crimson-gold hues of...
Sprezzatura #14 - The Sharpened Point of Time's Arrow
The summer is my time for quiet. I dial down my teaching and coaching. I go camping. I like to enjoy the downtime to reset. That wasn’t really possible this...
Sprezzatura #13 - A Dizzying Torpor
We are deep in the heart of a heat wave in Montreal. It’s a city that reaches -30C every winter. I grew up here and I love the cold. So now that it is +33C,...
Sprezzatura #12 - Totally Unnecessary And Perfect In Every Way
Friends, I’m currently staring at a dry cleaning receipt by my desk that says it has been ready for pick up since Feb 1, nearly 3 months ago. I forget that I...
Sprezzatura #11 - A Wave Of Relief For Doing The Minimum
I just spent 10 days in England to visit friends, teach improv, and eat delicious foods. Huge successes all around. I taught five workshops in four...
Sprezzatura #10 - These Are My Confessions
Phew! Super Bowl was quite the nail-biter! Congrats or condolences to all those who felt strongly about it. I found the commercials diverting, Usher did a...
Sprezzatura #9 - The Delicate Waking From Slumber
Oh me, oh my! I'm back. As much as I love improv, I also am a human and needed a bit of a break. It was so great to spend time with friends and family. And...
Sprezzatura #8 - A Gentle Descent to Repose
Hello friends, I've been busy with corporate gigs, coaching, home repairs, preparing for 2024... Phew! I need a break. Thank goodness the holidays are coming...
Sprezzatura #7 - A Nostalgia For The Present
Hello, friends. I've been enjoying so many things lately. I'm watching The Sopranos for the first time. There's a new Beatles song out. I've got so many...
Sprezztura #6 - Face Reveal!
Hello, friends! This past Saturday I was part of an ensemble show for the Débark Festival at TSC. It was awesome to play with and meet a bunch of new (to...
Sprezzatura #5 - Shark-wielding Crustaceans
We've had 15° C mornings and evenings in Montreal all week. Sunny, light breeze, going up to 20° in the afternoons. Oh My Yes. Someone please affix the...
