And So The Mind Reels

S2 E3 There are some of us who dream of going into the arts and becoming an actor, a writer, a poet, a dancer, a painter, a musician, or a combination of fields. Going into the arts isn't the most respectable profession as some would have you believe - but if you have a strong passion, there are ways to accomplish your dreams. In this episode, your host Lee Mueller will talk with someone who made it happen and how he did it. Can you balance a normal job with an artistic job? We will find out.  

Allen Admire & Pat Finn Improv Ability

Improv For Business Podcast 

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S2 E2  As an example of creativity - sometimes in telling a story you need the audience to know some information: who is this guy? Why did that happen? Was is this person acting that way? - and as a creative storyteller, you need a smooth natural way to convey information to your audience/reader/viewer without sounding too corny. Your host Lee Mueller explores some methods you can use to help the story and your own creativity flow. 

Jean Luc-Godard's Breathless 

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Season 2 Ep 1.  Should you keep using what works for everyone else or perhaps change it up a bit? Go with the formula or create your own? Should you just look at the world as it is or maybe seek the details and find a difference? 

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Ep. 12 How and approach to writing plays was developed by the structure of an improvisational performer.   As long as you understand the setting and the flow of  A to B to C, Lee Mueller could free-form a story without planning it all out in advance. How to allow the play to unfold the same way it does in front of the audience.  How to employ the "yes and" method that is a rule from improvisation and use the "and then what happens?" mindset to move everything forward. These techniques also can be used in business and everyday life to adapt to any situation.  Lee will tell you how.

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Ep 11  Exploring the world of reviews versus criticism. How personal preferences should not play a role in reviews or criticism. But oddly, how using opinions and criticisms can make your mind creative. Join host Lee Mueller as he explores the fine lines. 

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Ep. 10 In this day and age, it's just as easy to show someone pictures or a phone video of something that happened as it is to tell them all about it.   But your host Lee Mueller grew up with Grandparents who told stories about people they knew and things that happened to them - they did not have pictures - they had words.   It didn't matter if the stories were true, they were fun to hear.   Same with Ghost Stories -   the stories are scarier in your imagination than the video evidence sometimes. Lee has a few ghost tales for Halloween. True. No Pics though.   Here is a Ghost Story called To Wake The Dead  - A Play about a ghost attending his own Funeral to solve his murder.

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Ep. 09  Host Lee Mueller learned of someone objecting to a theatre group doing one of his "Murder Mystery Comedy Plays" and had to consider their viewpoint for a moment.  Murder is not a subject that should be funny, not at all, but writers have been getting away with the subject for a long time. How do they do it? How can you spin a topic such as "death" in such a way that an audience will not be depressed by it but instead laugh and have fun? Is it possible? Well, it must be. Let's lift the hood on this topic and take a look inside. 

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Ep. 08  Lee Mueller has spent many years in theatre, starting in high school to the present day.  He has worked with some actors who had some very strange habits. Odd idiosyncrasies that made their performance awkward to watch.  Why did they do it? Where did they learn it? Why did no one say something?  Like, Stop Doing That! Several references are shared from Lee's book: The Basic On Stage Survival Guide For Amateur Actors 

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I have had a few people ask me questions about how the conditions of 2020 are affecting some artists: actors, musicians, playwrights et al..  and what are we doing to cope?  Well, I have a few thoughts.

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