Here is a set of questions that's meant to help you get in touch with your... whatever. Inner child? They really reminded me of one of those surveys like you would read in a myspace bulletin, so I thought it would be fun to publish mine here:
My favorite childhood toy was... Hmmm... I had this ballerina doll with a plunger sticking out of her head. You could depress the plunger and she would do a pirouette. That was pretty sweet, and I remember being devestated when her hair became so tangled in the plunger that she stopped working.
My favorite childhood game was... "STATUE"!!! This game I made up, which is startlingly similar to a game I use now teaching called The Museum (see, I was an improviser already). In Statue, you get swung violently around in a circle by the "Shopkeeper". When the shopkeeper releases you, you have to freeze in that exact position. Then, think of an action or idea that goes with your pose... like if you land on all fours, you might be a dog. The Shopkeeper will bring the Buyer (who has been isolated in what I now would call a sound-proof booth) into the shop and show off the statues. As a statue, when your nose is pressed, you have been turned on and that's your time to shine. Once the buyer has seen all the statues, one is chosen as the winner! That person gets to be the next buyer! And the buyer becomes the shopkeeper.
One popular option was to be a "I turn on the other statues" statue. Chaos!
I guess robot would have been a more apt title for this game.
The best movie I ever saw as a kid was THE WIZARD OF OZ. Too easy. Next.
I don't do it much but I enjoy... eating really messily on purpose.
If I could lighten up a little, I'd let myself... stop using condoms.
If it weren't too late, I'd... I guess, go back to school? I don't know, this is a tough one... I try not to subscribe to "too late" thinking.
My favorite musical instrument is... the French horn! So mournful! Followed by the piano (gorgeous in it's capacities for simplicity/complexity), followed by the bari sax (a ticklish instrument if there ever was one).
The amount of money I spend on treating myself to entertainment each month is... unknown. Probably too much, especially when you factor in those Lady Gaga tickets!
If I weren't so stingy with my artist, I'd buy him/her... tons of sheet music, and guess what? I just did! I got Rickie Lee Jones greatest hits (as well as some of her more obscure pieces), and THREE book of Ben Folds. YES!
Taking time out for myself is... awesome!
I am afraid that if I start dreaming... I won't stop and then Dave will have to institutionalize me and that would suck because who wants a wife that's institutionalized?
I secretly enjoy reading... kinky personal ads.
If I had a perfect childhood I'd have grown up to be... on Saturday Night Live or Broadway. HA! I really like that it is somehow my parents fault that I'm not doing those things.
If it didn't sound so crazy, I'd write or make... honey, I'm an improviser. I've done some pretty crazy shit in the name of art. But, I guess on the crazy scale, big ambitious knitting projects intimidate me.
My parents think artists are... foolish.
My God thinks artists are... made in the same image. My concept of God is all about art!
What makes me feel weird about this recovery is... right at this moment? The fact that I decided to post this before I read the questions more carefully! But in a more serious fashion, so far I have been challenged by beginner mind~ I want to just be really good at things!
Learning to trust myself is probably... going to take a while. One thing that has come up in this work is that I have some pretty severe trust issues around my body. Every time I make a commitment to a show, I get sick! Because of that, sometimes I think, "I could never make it all the way through the run without getting sick" or "that would definitely make me sick." As a result, one of my affirmations is "My body is strong and resilient."
My favorite way to dress is... kind of crazy. You know.
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