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I resisted taking a nap two hours ago on the theory that taking a nap then would make it more of a bitch than usual to fall asleep later. Or I might have just denied myself some necessary sleep, since it seems that no matter what the hell I do, I can't fall asleep for a substantial block of time until four in the morning at the earliest. I think I'll skimp on sleep tonight, so that I can get up with enough time to do some laundry, among other things, before going to rehearsal.
Went to the talk on Shakespeare's autumn romances today. This week was The Winter's Tale (last week was Cymbeline and next week will be The Tempest). We started off with an exercise in which everyone there made human statues with a partner, staying connected to your partner for each of them - each couple did five each. So that was fun.
The talk was pretty interesting. The plot stuff I already knew, of course, and the two scenes they performed I'd seen as well - over and over and over and over. There was also some stuff that was new to me. He brought up the art vs. nature thing (which is what the statue exercise was ostensibly about), and loneliness in both Leontes and artists. In general, quite good.
Afterward, some people left right away, and others stuck around, grouped up and conversing. And I stood there, observing all of this for lack of knowing what else to do with myself. That seems to be what usually happens - all sorts of things going on around me that I have no part in. I couldn't think of a good reason to stick around, or to interrupt anything to say goodbye to anyone, so I left quietly, feeling awkward about my niche in this thing.
Went to the talk on Shakespeare's autumn romances today. This week was The Winter's Tale (last week was Cymbeline and next week will be The Tempest). We started off with an exercise in which everyone there made human statues with a partner, staying connected to your partner for each of them - each couple did five each. So that was fun.
The talk was pretty interesting. The plot stuff I already knew, of course, and the two scenes they performed I'd seen as well - over and over and over and over. There was also some stuff that was new to me. He brought up the art vs. nature thing (which is what the statue exercise was ostensibly about), and loneliness in both Leontes and artists. In general, quite good.
Afterward, some people left right away, and others stuck around, grouped up and conversing. And I stood there, observing all of this for lack of knowing what else to do with myself. That seems to be what usually happens - all sorts of things going on around me that I have no part in. I couldn't think of a good reason to stick around, or to interrupt anything to say goodbye to anyone, so I left quietly, feeling awkward about my niche in this thing.
