“Working within the limits of the medium forces us to change our own limits. Improvisation is not breaking with forms and limitations just to be 'free,' but using them as the very means of transcending ourselves.” MeanFormForceLimitsMediumsLimitationImprovisationTranscendingVery Mean Book:Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
“Surrender means cultivating a comfortable attitude toward not knowing, being nurtured by the mystery of moments that are dependably surprising, ever fresh.” MeanMomentsAttitudeKnowingMysteryComfortableSurrenderSurprisingNot KnowingCultivating Author:Stephen Nachmanovitch
“Mastery means responsibility, ability to respond in real time to the need of the moment. Intuitive or inspired living means not just passively hearing the voice, but acting on it.” NeedsMeanRealMomentsVoiceAbilityActingResponsibilityInspiredHearingMasteryIntuitive Book:Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
“I no longer sought skill, flexibility, strength, endurance, muscle tone, and quick responsiveness as means of imposing my will on the instrument, but rather of keeping an open and unrestricted pathway for the creative impulse to play its music straight from the preconscious depths beneath and beyond me.” MeanPlayCreativeSkillsInstrumentsDepthImpulseToneMusclesEnduranceFlexibilityPathwaysImposingResponsiveness Author:Stephen Nachmanovitch
