After reading The Rough Theater again, it feels to me very much like a "free-for-all" of sorts. Given the infinite amount of resources artists have in regards to theater, or film, the idea that anything can be more engaging than specified, or specialized, areas of creativity. Each day of our lives is a rough theater. When we wake in the morning we are immediately immersed into the "theater of life." Each decision is based on what we have around us in regards to the process of life as it unfolds around us. Our showers become think-tanks or recording studios, our kitchens are dance floors or studios for cooking shows. Each room, and the items within them, are sets and props; and we use them knowing there are sometimes viewers, and sometimes not.
We act differently with regards to the people present, and the items around us; rooms or outdoor settings play a role in our actions, and the outcomes we hope to establish are based on the rough theater in our everyday lives. I see it like this, we create either purposeful intricacies in hopes of establishing a response from others around us whether in our art or in our regular lives. We can become creators through either the most specific means, or by utilizing the resources available to us.
The way this relates to theater and film as we plan our projects is to reach beyond what we consider purposefully useful and to incorporate the less obvious in our work. A candy wrapper can be used for the crunching sound of someone walking on dry leaves; a door knob can sound more like a gun being cocked than an actual gun. We can make stages out of the inside of a car or an abandoned warehouse. There are no limits to what we can do/be as long as we look past the obvious and take on the unrealistic.
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