Taking Risks To Attain Safety: Merlin Works Newsletter May 2019
What’s the difference in how we respond to car crashes versus plane crashes?
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Life and Death and Improv: What Kind of Failures Are We Celebrating?
I’m driving off of Fort Sam Houston in Lieutenant Colonel Mishaw Cuyler’s SUV after finishing my first improv workshop for a military group. I’m wearing my usual black slacks, bright top and high heel Danskos.…
What Do We Want? Authenticity! When Do We Want It? Whenever It Feels Right To You.
This election season is enthralling, whatever your politics might be. I remember when we used to complain about how boring the presidential election was. Back when it was Kerry vs Bush or Obama vs Romney…
The Paradox of Passion: Sparks, Flames and Fuel
Next year will be me and my husband Jon’s 15th year together: 6 dating and 9 married. We have experienced and accomplished so many amazing things. Adventures like honeymooning in Costa Rica and trekking through…
IS IT OOB YET?!? Your Guide To Improv’s Biggest Week of the Year
If you’ve been under a rock or still binge-watching Friends on Netflix, you might not know that The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival (OOB) is upon us. In it’s 14th year, OOB is Austin’s grass-roots…
Holy %$#~! Swearing, Stabbing and Going Blue
Awww shit. We’re finally gonna talk about all the rated R stuff that can happen in improv. In the first days of Improv 101, it’s often a question hanging in the air: can we say…
Don’t Believe Everything You Think: How Your Brain Lies to You
My son insists he can’t pull up his pants. “I can’t!” he shouts, Batman undies draped around his ankles. “Yes you can.” I say, annoyed. “You’ve done it a hundred times.”“I can’t! I can’t! I can’t do…