the trip i have not blogged about yet

Sculpture garden - I have to say, i loved the space, hated the downstairs art. It felt like a bunch of heady garbage. It really held no appeal for me, other than plant the idea in my head that the cellar which it was displayed in would be a far better haunted house than exhibit. Although the voodoo trapeze was ghostly and eerie and i absolutely adored that.

MoMa- I thought Ps1 was a bit better than the sculpture garden. Highlights for me:

Soundroom- walking in the middle of all the sound was one experience but walking to each individual speaker to hear the individual parts that made the whole piece work was mind blastingly cool

Cellar Thingy- This was the creepiest thing i have ever seen. When i went to this room it was just matt megan and i and we were all alone in the room. What made this scary was that every time a car passed or person walked over us, there was a noise that, amongst the ambient noise made me literally jump out of my skin.

The Whitney- I would have appreciated this museum more if i hadn't been so tired and damp from the rest of the day. i felt as if i was just dragging myself through this museum and diddnt really want to understand the work

Rest of the day: i mean, St.Marks is amazingly cool and unique, but those damn neo-futurists were hilarious. I want to say how unique they were but....they weren't.....it was tablo.....but at the same time it was unique....i really want to make this an improv or put it in my play somehow....

that acting thing

during the acting thing i was so damn proud of myself. i finally if not for a split second stopped acting. i stopped acting. I stopped thinking and stopped acting. it was great. i felt great life was great i loved it. It started with the box thing where despite my best efforts against myself, i had alot of fun. It was creepy. Instead of a box, i was in an inescapable house, reminicent of Patrick Mcgoohan's house in the prisoner. i was having such a fun time escaping one room into another i diddnt want to stop. I actually believed that i was a prisoner in the house. Then during the partner exercise i felt as if i was talking to a friend and not even acting a part. It felt natural and lucid. Just ask John his thoughts about our conversation.........he'll tell you that it was something....Special let's just say. i dont know what i did or diddnt do, but i think it centers on me not thinking and just doing, leading by impulse instead of mental thoughts.

today

I'm not sure exactly what to call what happened today. In the beginning i'll admit i was a bit skeptical of the whole process. I was a bit tentative about putting such personal materials on display for the school to see, heck if the words weren't so vague i would still be tentative about putting them up. I dont think of myself as a guarded person exactly, but when it comes to my art i'm usually very sensitive about my feelings. It's hard for me to be sincere, that much i know. I'm not sure why, maybe it's a lack of trust, maybe i'm afraid of being hurt again, if i knew the reason then i wouldnt be in this predicament, But i digress. I liked the fact that whenever i made a reason for liking an aspect of my art, another larger reason for liking my art came into focus, like a controlling aspect, what i strive to achieve through art. It all led to happiness and i was happy with it. Isnt it what everyone is striving for anyway? isn't it why people do art so they can achieve some sort of happiness or self satisfaction ( a form of happiness). it makes sense why im happiest while doing my art, because my sole goal is to make myself happy.

hello

im working on a play.

it is taking very long.

thats all.

not much to say for this week yet, two days in. This year for me is about projects cranking them out doing nothing but putting my head down and working. Leaving a legacy. This may not allow me to have the normal "stac experience" but it's what i have chosen to do. I want to work, i want to create, i want to explore and this is the year to do it. I will need help, lots of it and constantly. Feel free to ask if i need help, because im sure as hell bound to say yes with something. Im happiest when im buried in my art. I love every second of it. Writing, filming, acting, playing with scenes, all help me discover more about myself and the world around me.

-Katzy

dancing

Stretching and lots of it! Instead of copious amounts of dancing, Matt decided to really stretch us out, get up limber, and loosen our tension. I was still sore from the play so that helped a bunch for me. I learned that because of soccer the side of my thighs were super limber and the backs were very strained. Afterwards we danced a bit to dancing through life, my favorite wicked song, it was interesting to learn the various things that people at auditions might make you do.

workshops day something or other

we started working on the actual play today and it was great seeing it all come together. From what i've seen i can tell it will be awesome. I especially enjoyed the integration of the statue exercise into the actual piece. Although i did not get to find out my part, i did make an amazing dead....cordilla.

play

it's late

im tired

here goes

what i did well: characterization - i had my character in mind and i believe i stayed within his limits...not that there were many the guy was a nut.

poorly- i overacted a little, justified by the fact that Urinetown is sort of over the top and there was no energy from most of the cast to begin with but still as an actor i should try to not overact just for the sake of a laugh....unless i do.

the "cantaloupes" line i thought was fun, but a tad over the top...i tried to get the most out of hot blades.

my other characters were just kind of going through the motions trying to do what i was asked all the while keeping the attention where it needed to be

i felt out of place during all of act one, i had no idea where to stand and i just kind of made it up as i went along.

i liked the falling bit during "privilege" it made the audience frightened because it looked so real which i thought was hilarious. fun fact i've fallen purposefully in every musical i have ever been in....also had some sort of wardrobe malfunction.....

i liked the struggle between hope and i during act 1 finale it looked real because it mostly was real =D

i liked how i was able to adapt to changing circumstances as they came along. I did not panic i merely went with it within boundaries of my character. i felt that i did that seamlessly.

there isn't too much acting for me to criticize myself upon. Was it a tony performance? not by any means? did i learn any acting from this? sort of. i learned about changing due to specific circumstance but that is right up my alley with improv

i wish there was more dancing and movement and physicality, and that the poor was given something to do rather then stand around.

that being said it was not a bad performance by any means i thoroughly enjoyed being a part of this production and i thought it went well as a whole.

oh i liked that i was able to create my character more or less from my own head and not just singularly copying someone else's rendition. i thought i put my own spin to harry which i thought was cool

i needed more time to work on my character i worked with what i had but we focused more on vocals then character work, i needed more blocking i guess although i liked the freedom to move wherever i wanted whenever i wanted- which was ok for my but i guess it may have confused my costars a bit because they never knew where i would be more or less.

any thoughts on my performance anyone? questions? comments? admirations?