I've had talks or classes with some of you about how we know Who is who in the real world of relationships without name tags. Relationships are about relating (emotions, wants, needs, behavior, spatial relationships) not about talking about relating.
"Dad, you know, with it being my 16th birthday AND the prom AND my first real date, can I borrow the car even though the roads are really icy?"
"Aw, cousin-o-mine, we've been cousins ever since my mom's sister brought you illegitimately into the world behind ol' man Tate's pool hall, whilst I was curled up with The Notebooks of Davinci and a baby bottle full of fine Scotch."
In my opinion, the player's reliance on words alone to set up relationships and actions stems from the crunch time style of short-form games that give a scene 2-3 minutes of life. The training was always...spit out as much of the critical Who, What, Where, When, Why in the first few lines so you can be funny two-thirds of the time. That kind of training may or may not result in funny stuff, but I believe it is a program that inherently breeds distrust. Don't get me wrong, a lack of trust can exist independently of that kind of background for any number of reasons.
How can we truly be free to play without trust?
Trust the other player(s). Trust the audience to be intelligent enough to understand what they see perhaps even more than your application of a verbal 2x4. Trust that your own practice, reading, training and life experience have made you capable of communicating with your whole being, not just your mouth.
Chris
2004/01/06 - 11:15:28
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