Austin Improv

Improv is nothing but theater with one of the steps in the process (the writing of the script beforehand) removed.
I would argue that there's a little more going on than that. Since the improv show is being created in real-time in front of the audience, the audience is a participant in the ...

I think I've come close once or twice, but I can't recall tears except for when I was in the scene.

I just realized a much simpler definition of the sublime is:

Shit happens.

Let's properly address it! I'm more interested in figuring out what a sublime experience is and then working from there rather than simply defining through negation.

As I understand it, your concern is that the experience of something as sublime is always only subjective, right? And if the ...

Imagine following him for an hour or two and just observing him.

To speak to this, and sort of to what I think Moriarty is focusing on, you're not "just" observing him. You're also following him, which places you in a much more active role and relationship to the observation than other mediums ...

Hmm...

I think you make very credible arguments against "Fine Art" (using the definition art + market and/or societal value), but I don't think that's the definition or terminology Moriarty is using. In fact, I think he's actively striving to define capital A art (Art) as something that can be ...

Hi Austinites! I'm from Chicago (and Minneapolis before that). I've met some of you and been down a couple times to great personal pleasure. You guys are super smart and tech savvy, so I turn to you as folks that will be better able to elucidate than I.

Have any of you read/heard Brian Moriarty's ...