Mother of Invention blog greatest hits

This blog has been in existence since 2006. Here are what I take to be some of my best shots from the five years:

• "The aspects of things..."
  
  
  
• that damned talent question
  
  
  
• excellence
  
  
  
• "Everyone works every class": and what's wrong with that
  
  
  
• 15 minutes a day
  
  
  
  
• above all else
  
  
  
• why Uranium Madhouse
  
  
  
• quantum leaps
  
  
  
• wisdom for actors
  
  
  
• one more thing about priming
  
  
  
• rehearsal clothes, "priming", and the land of make-believe
  
  
  
• in defense of third degree
  
  
  
• "Zen and the Art of Archery and the art of acting (not to mention the art of teaching acting)
  
  
  
• we don't know what we know
  
  
  
• William H. Macy is a written page guy. That's good, but...
  
  
  
• when it's important to be an adult
  
  
  
• the viewpoints mystique




• the trouble with Mamet's practical aesthetics
  
  
  
• the trouble with Mesiner
  
  
  
• Saving Uta Hagen
  
  
  
• throwing away the ladder
  
  
  
• the Beatles' apprenticeship