Task 2D – Inquiry Task

1.)                What in your daily practice gets you really enthusiastic to find out more about? Who do you admire who also works with what makes you enthusiastic?

When people are completely committed to the same goal as you are, like a small cast who all want the exact same outcome and are so willing to put in that extra effort. I think no matter how enthusiastic you are about the subject itself that enthusiasm can be lost when others don’t believe in it. But I suppose when everyone has that same feeling you do, it’s great. I find I can even become more enthused when the working environment itself is good.

2.)                What gets you angry and makes you sad? Who do you admire who shares your feelings or has found a way to work around the sadness or anger?

I suppose when you feel people are letting everything down. When a single group are destructive within a performance and don’t care if it’s ruined for anyone else involved. I find this can make me very angry, it’s the disregard for peoples work that’s the most infuriating. Even during other projects I have helped out with the absolute disrespect some people show to their peers can really be disgraceful. I find the people I most respect when it comes to this kind of stuff would have to be celebrity Chefs (any Chef would probably do). I know that sounds absolutely ridiculous but I love the way they deal with members of their team who are slacking. They will actually tell them what they think and what they have to change about the way they are doing it. I could list one name but they all seem fairly fiery. I’m not saying that anger and shouting are great ways of dealing with problems, it’s just sometimes I think people need a bit of tough love.

3.)                What do you love about what you do? Who do you admire who also seems to love this or is an example of what you love?

I love watching something performed. Especially when I’ve had some involvement in the writing or production of it. There is something great about standing back and looking at what people bring to something that was originally just an idea in your head. There are so many practitioners I could say I admire when it comes to this but I have to say, Woody Allen is probably the main one. He’s written some of the best comedies in history. He recently wrote a new film starring Larry David, “Whatever Works”, it really was one of the best films I’ve seen in years and manages to bring something new to the table.  I put in a link to his Wikipedia page so you can find out a little more about him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Allen

4.)                What do you feel you don’t understand? Who do you admire who does seem to understand it or who has found a way of making not understanding it interesting or beautiful, or has asked the same question as you?

I suppose any number of things really. I don’t understand how I can just pick one thing I don’t understand. The world itself is as dubbed by the Temptations a “Ball of Confusion.” I think really the not understanding of stuff makes it all the better. As soon as the mysteries gone from a subject it looses it’s appeal in my mind greatly. So I suppose who I would have to admire would be the humble bumble Bee. Thanks for giving us one last thing that can’t be explained through the use of science.

Paul