by M Gelnaw | Nov 18, 2014
“One January morning in 1941, only a fortnight after his seventy-first birthday, the bearded and bespectacled French artist Henri Matisse was lying in a hospital bed, preparing to die.” * Diagnosed with cancer, the acclaimed painter seemed to be facing his...
by M Gelnaw | Nov 3, 2014
Getting Naked: A business fable…about shedding the three fears that sabotage client loyalty. By Patrick Lencioni Getting Naked’s Introduction opens up by saying: “Vulnerability. It is one of the most undervalued and misunderstood of all human...
by M Gelnaw | Oct 2, 2014
Even though Viola Spolin’s improvisational techniques changed the very nature and practice of theatre, her work is so highly relevant to those outside the theatre – in life and in business. In the words of Viola Spolin: “The intuitive way of knowing...
by M Gelnaw | Sep 26, 2014
It’s rumored that whenever Chopin played, he never played forte. But between piano and mezzo he found so many steps or gradients that by the time he got to mezzo it sounded like thunder (or the illusion of thunder.) This artistically makes the...
by M Gelnaw | Aug 18, 2014
What I learned as a student in acting school is to never leave anything out. The most important skill to have is partnering and that means to be in complete connection with your partner on stage. It is to also be in contact with what is going on in the immediate...
