c in fantastic images.3. Given one word, or two, extemporize on them; do the same exercise within a pre-determined mood.4. One person make a series of sounds of different kinds. Those who do the exercise sit with their backs to the first person and weave the sounds into a continuous story.5. Break up into sections some route you follow frequently; imagine a story connected with each section; weave all these stories into a continuous plot.6. Take a person whom you know little about; try to picture his life in full detail.7. Let someone give you a word; try to fixate the impression, that is, your first reaction to it; then try to convey this impression in whatever way you can.8. Try to discover beauty everywhere: in every posture, position, thought, scene. This exercise is very important. A creative person must be able to see and extract beauty from things which a non-creative person overlooks entirely; and he must see beauty first, not deformity. Chekhov, Michael. APPENDIX BMETHOD TEACHERS ON BRECHT"Brecht has been built up into the archapostle of antirealism. We must realize that Brachts theater is not anything like that. Brecht called his theater the theater of epic realism. Everything on the stage is real. Everything on the stage is natural. Theatrical elements are used only when something has to be done which cannot be done as well any other way."-Strasberg, ...
