DAY 9 JUNE 2nd

I need a break from writing, so figured I'd do a recap of today's events!
We started with a great walk along the river...which one I have no idea, but it was lovely. The sun is finally out, so we took advantage to get our blood and ideas flowing.

It was clear that we needed some solo work space time, so before parting we delegated tasks. In the process of doing so, I brought up a point in the script that I was having trouble with. And here began a (somewhat)tense (but great) conversation that led to an amazing solution. Or ideas for a solution.

So we are trying to incorporate Pochinko methods into a script, a script that is not conventionally 'clown'. Although one could argue that nothing is conventional when it come to clown...that being said, we are not creating a piece to be performed in red nose. The red nose being the clown's final mask. But are there other ways to interpret what a mask is? If it's not the nose, could it be a prop or costume piece? Slowly each character that we are creating through our six clown masks and through discussion and God poems each have a distinctive gesture, sound, prop, etc. Are these their masks and can these masks be passed between either of us without losing the character?

A pretty exciting convo to have, raising questions that will be addressed once the script is put together and we begin to see what is really working, what still needs a bit of love, and how to put the whole thing on it's feet. Meg gave the metaphor of 'sewing it all together'.

But I'm jumping ahead of myself, because before we can start adding all those layers, we'd like to have all the components of the script written. That being said, time for me to get back to work!