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 maple trees… Pure heaven. I’m even looking forward to the crystal hint of ice in the air that signals the start of winter.
Fall is THE BEST!
[VIDEO] Geddy Lee’s baseball collection
This video knocked my socks off. The bassist for Canadian rock band Rush, Geddy Lee, is an avid collector: bass guitars, wines, and… baseballs! One of my favourite things is watching people talk about things they love and it’s very clear that Geddy loves his baseball collection.
Amusing sidenote: his name was Gary at birth but morphed due to his mother’s heavy accent and “Geddy” is now his legal name.
[VIDEO] How cruise ships got so big
This video on the history of cruise ship design is a nice watch. I’ve never been on a cruise (no thank you to seasickness). But it also led me down a rabbit hole to this acerbically great read by David Foster Wallace about his week on a cruise ship.
[VIDEO] Johnathan Frakes sounds drunk
I cried laughing at this video. It’s perfectly ridiculous.
IMPROV TIP
I’ve got a new blog post up on the Improv College site. It’s about facilitating conflicts between members of a troupe. It’s written for improv coaches but it can be for anyone in a troupe, or anyone dealing with conflict, really.
I’ve been writing it on and off since last November when someone asked me for some advice on a situation they had. They said I should share my ideas. Little did I know I had SO MANY THOUGHTS about it. I even included a link to a one-page reference at the end that you can use during a conflict resolution meeting.
EVENTS
== I’m repeating my online Unstructured Narrative class on Sunday November 24. It’s 4 hours of narrative improv where we don’t care about the structure of the narrative, but we do develop and follow our story instincts. It’s 75$ Canadian and space is limited to 12 people with 2 reduced equity rates of 25$ for people who need it (first-come, first-served).
== Et pour mes ami.es francophones, nous avons un spectacle vendredi prochain au JIM: J’aime l’amour (ven 1 nov, @20h)
Cette pièce explore avec humour et sincérité les différentes facettes des relations amoureuses. C’est quelque chose que j’ai créer pour la festival d’impro à Vancouver et je suis tellement fier de le monter sur scène en français avec ce groupe de superstars! Ça fait quelques mois que nous préparons ce présentation et nous sommes également nerveux et ravis de le partager avec vous.
An Interesting Wikipedia Page - Byzantine beacon system
L8r sk8rs,
Vinny
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