Starting the Revolutions

Erin Ball - Thought #13 - The Pleasure of Processing Thoughts

Hi. I am in my car, ah, so this might sound horrible but if I don’t do this now I am not sure when I will have time. I am heading to the airport and then off for busy several days. Umm, and I think that this is my last,  umm, thought for the Spiderweb Show, ah, so I have been thinking about the benefits and why this has been so great, ahh, sharing my thoughts and recording my thoughts this month. It has helped me to realize that I say ahh and umm a lot (laughing). Umm, it’s helped me with confidence. Umm, today I gave a talk in front of a fairly large group of people and I did it pretty much unscripted which, I don’t know if I have ever done. Umm, this month sharing my thoughts in this way I’ve done it all unscripted and I think that’s just been really good practice. In addition, having the time to check in, to notice what my thoughts are, to process my thoughts. It’s been really helpful and it’s been a wonderful experience and I want to thank everybody who has listened and thank you so much to the Spiderweb Show for having me. Bye.

Erin Ball - Thought #12 - Interactions with Children

Tonight I am thinking about an experience that I had today with a young child, ah, about a year and a half old. And watching the moment of realization, umm, when that child, ahh, noticed that I have prosthetic legs. And just, ahh, observing the sheer non-judgemental curiosity is so interesting to me and it’s an experience that I have had a few times with, umm, young children. And I always love the interactions with children. And then it always brings me to thinking about how opposite it with adults and how many behaviours we have learned and picked up along the way. And, ahh, it’s such a contrast. That’s what I am thinking about.

Erin Ball - Thought #11 - Being Early

Hi. This morning I am thinking about how I used to really value being early, for myself. It was something that was really important to me. And over the last few years, having 4 or 5 days a week that are 12-15 hour work days (laughing) has shifted me into a person that is late and I am trying to wrap my head around this. (Laughing) Again I am late with my thoughts. Ah, I am also thinking about how this is preparing me for a new project that I am taking on that involves me being onstage with umm, many lines. So that’s great. And that’s what I am thinking about.

Creating in CdnStudio

Join host Camila Diaz-Varela as she explores the process of creating The Revolutionsthis past September at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts in Kingston. If you’d like to hear more, listen to our first podcast in the series Starting the Revolution.  [https://spiderwebshow.ca/podcast-starting-the-revolutions/] What is CdnStudio and how does it work? If Christine is rehearsing in Vancouver in the morning and Maddie is rehearsing in Toronto in the afternoon, how do the rules of rehearsal change? What’s it like rehearsing with artists you cannot see and cannot touch?

Starting the Revolutions

Join Toronto-based artist Camila Diaz Varela [https://twitter.com/camilstown?lang=en] as she explores the process of creating SpiderWebShow's The Revolutions. We have always been challenged by process based blog posts about creation, but the audio medium seems better suited to a fulsome discussion of ideas and processes underpinning creation. Below is the first of three, please let us know what you think and if you have any ideas where we should go from here using #TheRevolutions [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TheRevolutions&src=typd&lang=en].