THINKING ABOUT THINKING
You don't know what you don't know...
First-up, many congratulations to Nicole Kidman on her 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute! As an actress Nicole has inspired us with great comedy and great drama. And as a producer she has long been committed to lifting-up female directors. Whakanuia! Celebrations!
THINKING ABOUT THINKING
Thinking about thinking is called metacognition. It’s an essential process we humans use to determine the best strategies for problem-solving. (Hmm, doesn't that sound like writing, acting and directing?)
You will know that in these articles I love to mash-up science, philosophy and acting methodology to open new ways for you to think about acting and story-making.
So let's invite Psychology and Cosmology to a Thinking about Thinking party — with special guests Stanislavski, Nicole Kidman, Jane Campion and Einstein.
WHERE THE OLD MILL USED TO BE
It was 1994. We were driving through a small town in New Zealand on tour with our play VERBATIM. We needed to find the prison, which …