Podcast: An Interview with Lisa Wells
Listen to me interview Lisa Wells, instructor of theater, creative writing, and wilderness skills, author of Cedar Rapids: the Coming Derrick Dean, and poet-about-town.
In the interview she talks about the fascinating connection between prayer, theater, intuition, nature awareness, storytelling, and that ineffable creative energy that we sometimes call “shamanistic” or “mystical”.
I apologize in advance for a bit near the beginning where the microphone seems to go on a walkabout - I hope you can still catch what we say, as it addresses a worthwhile issue. Also, I mention the word “Duende” as meaning “wind” in Spanish. It doesn’t.
Get out of your head, and into your body, courtesy of Lisa Wells.
April 8th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Mmmm, the college goes multimedia, eh? I like it…
April 9th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Yes, this does mark a move into more diverse media for talking about what matters. I’ve meant to do this for years, and finally have taken a solid step. Expect more audio interviews, and video too.
April 10th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I really learned a lot from this Podcast. Thank you for talking about the substance of the invisible space between players, that stuff just fascinates me.
I’m curious, was Lisa a former intstructor at Wilderness Awareness School?
take care,
Curt
April 10th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
No, a student in their community school, at age 18 I think.
April 15th, 2008 at 1:30 am
great interview! i loved it, we are gonna try and organize an evening of improv soon! so this is great info! thanX
April 16th, 2008 at 11:34 am
timeLESS:
So exciting! Good luck, and it inspires me to know you found the interview informative.
August 1st, 2008 at 11:13 pm
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December 5th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
I listened to the entire thing. I could say quite a bit, but I worry, so I will say only the most constructive thing I might think of presently. & I worry that it might sound overly pious, or simply pious, so I mention that as your sister said ‘I do X’, I also say the same.
Okay, I have 2 things. Tacos sound great.
AND…
I have always approached ‘the path of least resistance’ hoopla with a wary gait. The easiest path does not always mean the safest, nor does that mean the quickest. Sometimes the low road arrives more quickly than the high- sometimes the greater yield requires braving the greater risks and challenges. The topic brings to mind the asian ‘flow like water’ stuff you hear all the time when paying attention to those models. The human is far more versatile. What about rowing agains the current, flying against the wind? Not neccesarily no pain no gain, but having the wisdom to know how you can react, when to react, and what path to take often means some pain more gain. ‘I took the one less travelled’ and all that malarky.
THAT SAID, I appreciate you and your efforts, and even be so bold as to say it publicly. That E-Primal stuff rocked my world. How do I say anything if nothing is certain? That’s okay, it’s all debateable anyway. Question ‘is’.
Hope things go well for you two, Willem and whatshername.