{"id":2430,"date":"2021-04-13T17:56:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T00:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=2430"},"modified":"2021-04-14T07:37:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T14:37:25","slug":"entertaining-feels-like-a-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/entertaining-feels-like-a-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertaining Feels Like a Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" data-attachment-id=\"2534\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/entertaining-feels-like-a-fight\/screen-shot-2021-04-13-at-apr-13-8-53-43-p\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-Apr-13-8.53.43-p-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1636&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1636\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-Apr-13-8.53.43-p\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-Apr-13-8.53.43-p-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C654&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-Apr-13-8.53.43-p.jpg?resize=1024%2C654&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-Apr-13-8.53.43-p-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C654&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-Apr-13-8.53.43-p-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-Apr-13-8.53.43-p-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C982&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-Apr-13-8.53.43-p-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1309&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A client told me that after a first performance, he felt like he just got in a fight. I knew exactly what he meant. When I&#8217;m driving away from a juicy argument and I can&#8217;t stop thinking about what I could have said. It&#8217;s a million chess games running thru my head. If I said this, they woulda said that&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I did street shows, I would walk back to my hotel or apartment on long walks just spinning &#8211; doing imaginary show after imaginary show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This sensation can be haunting. It can cause lots of insomnia. It can make a person crazy, but it is magic for making for exponentially more &#8220;stage time.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cultivate it with quiet time after a moment of creation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A client told me that after a first performance, he felt like he just got in a fight. I knew exactly what he meant. 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