inter-artist

Hope Christmas went well and all the best for the coming year to all Rough Mix players. Just to say I enjoyed very much meeting everyone involved. The venue was very relaxing to be in with its varandas and ready coffee access to the Grassmarket. I don’t usually drink coffee?
Just to say about the speedy two weeks, it was challenging thinking how to integrate the expertise of the contribitors into the Feral Child idea I came with and actually an awful lot did happened. The music/sounds gave me lots to ponder. I don’t know how much, if anything, I gave to others but I was able to test tube the micro bit of script I came up with and got good feed back. The workshop told me a ton about the character dynamics I was trying to fathom in my project and how to do ‘it’ with a bit of original spin. So it was great that we had actors so ready to dive in the deep end.
What I enjoyed was the serendipity that engaging with creative people throws up and seeing the subtle ways in which everyone influenced everyone else. An ‘unstructured collaboration’ is how it felt, which is excellent for an event so much work went into setting up and doing.
A willingness to just be there and allow something to go on seemed to me is what happened. Rough Mix sharpened up a few ideas and I’ve got a sketch to think about, Carrot and Salty-Dog. I think it’s refreshing to get out of your discipline/box, see other possibilities and meet others intrested in creative stuff likewise. It would be good to continue some inter-artist (not a football team) connections and friendships made.