Improv here, there, everywhere…

by | Thursday, July 10, 2008

A few months ago I wrote about Professor R. K. Joshi (here and here). He was, as I said in the piece, maybe the single greatest influence on my role as a teacher. I had mentioned that R.K. loved absurdity and play. I was reminded of this when I read about this group called Improv Everywhere. Check out their website and the kinds of crazy things they get into. Very cool.

R.K. often talked about similar things that he was involved in, mostly around poetry and typography. I know RK would have been pleased…

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