Category: Simplicity

Non-negotiables: Why You Must Say No

If you’re in it for the long haul, if you want to do more than survive, it’s imperative to learn when to say no.

You Are Your Business… And More.

But here’s a truth that set me free, and I offer it to you: There is only one you. You are all of your identities.

“Acting Means Pretending, Right?”

The bridge between acting and pretending.

Actively Waiting

‘Good things come from waiting in the wings for your space, for your timing to present itself.’ A playground lesson learned decades a go waiting to jump in to double dutch… Read more…

Bearing Witness – MFA work

To observe without judgment, to help by not helping at all
Staying, listening, recording… Read more…

Sharing MFA Grad work

[fblike] Hi everyone, This is Jess Pillmore, Co-Artistic Director of CI. I’m currently working on my MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at Goddard College and would love to share some of my work with you on this blog. My goal for this degree is to explore how to active an individual inside an ensemble and conversely …

Independent – Simplicity

As I watch a student try an activity, I see how we’ve truly become creatures of multitasking… and I don’t know if that’s good or not.  The more you’re doing the better, seems to be the current motto.  With that in our blood stream, are we ever doing one thing well? I ask the students …