What do you practice?
This site is getting between ten and thirty unique hits per day, but most people who visit are not leaving comments. I wonder why. People are reading my “starting points” post, but not responding to it. Are the questions too broad? Too theoretical? Does it sound academic? Or esoteric?
Part of the purpose of this forum is to put forth the notion of “creative practice” as a link between artists, teachers, entrepreneurs, and scholars. Over the next few months, I’d like to learn more about who is visiting this site and how it can be useful to different communities.
Here are three questions that everyone can answer:
1) What do you practice?
Do you practice law? Medicine? Painting? Dance? Therapy?
What do you do every day? Where do you do it? With whom?
2) What brought you to Creative Practice forum?
What search terms led you to this website?
Did you find what you were looking for here?
3) What do you want from a site like this?
Are these posts relevant to you? Are they useful?
How could this forum serve your daily practice?
I specifically invite first-time visitors to answer these questions through comments. Anyone can write a comment – you don’t have to register (although you are welcome to). Please introduce yourself!
1. I am primarily a writer with a performance history and future.
2. I don’t recall what I was searching for when I found you. It’s been a while. Probably something with “interdisciplinary arts.”
3. I visit irregularly, usually after I’ve received something from you email list. I’m not sure I fully grasp all that you’re up to, but I’m fascinated and should I ever scratch a bit of money together, I’d love to fly up and take a workshop. I do think you’re onto something that is bubbling under my surface.
More about me: I’ve written short stories and arts articles. I’ve tried my hand at running a micro-press and have published a handful of books full of wonderful writing. I have degrees in theater, divinity, and interdisciplinary arts. I’m particularly fond of modern dance, but have a hard time separating myself from text and so my own performance work tends to play with the intersection of words and movement. I’m a jack of all trades, master of none. I have a richer inner life than outer life. There I am. Partially.
Thanks for this site and your work. Hope I can experience it in person sometime.