Phil Terry and Cathy Salit

Salit: We all have a natural ability to perform, create, or improvise. We are born with this capacity. We can access that capacity if we create environments in which it is possible to break out and perform as someone other than who we are. Theater can sometimes be a helpful tool in getting people to stretch outside their normal boundaries and explore creativity.

In addition, people must learn to improvise listening. Be very attentive to your surroundings, and put the onus on yourself to create from what others are saying. Stop thinking that you have to come up with the great idea, and start believing that, by working together, we can create something that never existed before. Therein lies the nexus of creativity.

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