Julie Stauffer

<<books are the last thing on his list of "fun" stuff.>>

But can't that be ok? My almost 10yo son has no interest in books, but his
mechanical understanding and hand eye coordination are phenomenal. He just
built me a dolly and put together a peddle car for his younger siblings. If
you need to hook up a horse trailer to your van, Zach is the man to get your
lined out. He is pretty darn good at shooting skeet, playing baseball,
basketball and PS2. All things that are more helpful to the family right
now than loving to read would be. And more fun to Zach.

Julie

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In a message dated 2/6/03 1:58:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, jnjstau@...
writes:

> But can't that be ok? My almost 10yo son has no interest in books, but his
> mechanical understanding and hand eye coordination are phenomenal.

OH YEAH. I never intended to give the impression that it was NOT ok .. Ethan
is big on the mechanics too. The fact that he is not "into" books doesn't
bother me. I was just saying that thery are "exceptions" to books being
inherently lovable ( to everyone) Some folks suggested comics and such. and
he does have more interest in those. He likes to look at cut aways and
diagrams etc.. But, he's not into to being read to, or reading himself .
Thats just Ethan, and I know he doesnt feel like hes missing out. Now , if
I took TV away.. lol. THAT would be a different story :-)

Teresa


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Paula Sjogerman

on 2/6/03 11:22 AM, [email protected] at
[email protected] wrote:

> When someone directs a play or a movie, is that about control and authority,
>>
>> or is it about art?
>
> I don't do THAT either--acting/standing in front of a crowd---so I have no
> personal take on it.
>
> But after watching The Actors' Studio, I hear many different ideas on that. I
> guess it depends on the actor. When asked what kind of director he likes, the
> actor will generally fall into one of two categories. Either he wants a
> director with an exact vision of what he wants---who can verbalize exactly
> what he sees in his head. Or he likes a director who is "hands off" and
> allows him the freedom to "become" that character the ACTOR sees in HIS head.

Both the actor and the director can and should have a vision of the
character in their heads. The director's job is half over when they have
cast the right actor. But usually an actor cannot do it alone, because they
only have their part in their vision and the director has the whole
production in their's.

Personally, if a director says to me "Go for it, it's all yours" that is too
much freedom. Just like they shouldn't say "Here's is exactly how to say
this" and then demonstrates it. It should be an organic, symbiotic
relationship.