Last night I tried not to be shy, just as an experiment for one night - and with catastrophic results. 17 year old Callum is proud to be shy and he thinks you should be too, because what this noisy, crazy world needs right now is a bit more self-restraint. The Shy Manifesto is a bittersweet coming-of-age comedy drama about a shy boy who is fed up of constantly being told to come out of his shell. Tonight he is to address an audience of radical shy comrades and incite the meek to finally rise up and inherit the earth. But memories of the previous night's drunken escapades at a classmate's end-of-term party keep intruding, and threaten to upend the fragile identity he has created for himself. Callum delivers his manifesto, exploring adolescence, isolation, self-loathing and sexuality. His irreverent lightness of touch, and multi- rolling as the other characters in his story endear him to the audience, encouraging us that we, too, can be proud to be shy. The Shy Manifesto is a solo piece that takes the experience of being shy as its central subject- something which has rarely been explored in drama, and yet which touches on many audience members lives.
Last night I tried not to be shy, just as an experiment for one night - and with catastrophic results. 17 year old Callum is proud to be shy and he thinks you should be too, because what this noisy, crazy world needs right now is a bit more self-restraint. The Shy Manifesto is a bittersweet coming-of-age comedy drama about a shy boy who is fed up of constantly being told to come out of his shell. Tonight he is to address an audience of radical shy comrades and incite the meek to finally rise up and inherit the earth. But memories of the previous night's drunken escapades at a classmate's end-of-term party keep intruding, and threaten to upend the fragile identity he has created for himself. Callum delivers his manifesto, exploring adolescence, isolation, self-loathing and sexuality. His irreverent lightness of touch, and multi- rolling as the other characters in his story endear him to the audience, encouraging us that we, too, can be proud to be shy. The Shy Manifesto is a solo piece that takes the experience of being shy as its central subject- something which has rarely been explored in drama, and yet which touches on many audience members lives.
Drawing together communiqus, covert interviews and underground histories of introvert struggles (Introfada), here for the first time is a detailed documentation of the political demands of shy people. Radicalized against the imperial domination of globalized PR projectionism, extrovert poise and loudness, the Shy Radicals are a vanguard movement intent on trans-rupting the extrovert-supremacist politics and assertiveness culture of the 21st-century. The movement aims to establish an independent homelandAspergistan, a utopian state for introverted people, run according to Shyria Law and underpinned by Pan-Shyist ideology, protecting the rights of the oppressed quiet and shy people. This anti-systemic manifesto, a quiet and thoughtful polemic, is a satire that uses anti-colonial theory to build a critique of dominant culture and the rising tide of Islamophobia. Shy Radicals author Hamja Ahsan (b. 1981) is an artist, curator and activist based in London. He is the Free Talha Ahsan campaign organizer.
Apparently I'm boring. A nobody. But that's all about to change. Because I am starting a project. Here. Now. For myself. And if you want to come along for the ride then you're very welcome. Bree is by no means popular. Most of the time, she hates her life, her school, her never-there parents. So she writes. But when Bree is told she needs to stop shutting the world out and start living a life worth writing about, The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting is born. A manifesto that will change everything... ...but the question is, at what cost?
Including: A response to critics, and: Ten rules for "serious" writers, the author continues his fight on behalf of the American reader, arguing against pretension in so-called "literary" fiction, naming names and exposing the literary status quo.
If you want to improve your life, this may be the most important book you'll ever read! It's called Improv Manifesto: 7 Easy Steps to Confidence, Creativity, and Charisma - Even If You're Shy! Learn to think on your feet under pressure with tools from improvisational theater and improv comedy. Written by the founder of Seattle Improv Classes, Chad Elliot ("The Confidence Doctor.") You'll learn secrets and skills to unleash your ability to think-on-your-feet under pressure, become a more confident communicator, gain ease and confidence meeting new people, and regain the creativity and joy you had as a child. Even if you never thought you could! While many people think of improv as just comedy, most people don't learn improv to become comedians or actors - they do it to make their lives better. People study improv to gain people skills, overcome fears, learn to think on their feet, and become confident. It's a form of self-help that can take you from feelings of anxiety to a general sense of confidence and ease. There are many ways improv can make your life better, including: Ace job interviews... More confidence dating... Making more friends... Success in business... Confident public speaking... More fun and exciting relationships and conversations... Unleashing your creativity... You'll learn important skills for beginners: tips, strategies and ideas to make learning improvisation easier and faster than you can imagine. Even if you're scared stiff! You'll never have to worry about your mind going blank again as your struggle to think of what to say, because you'll have the loads of sure-fire techniques in this book. And, you'll be surprised how easy it is to master thinking on your feet because "Doctor Confidence" takes you step-by-step through the key skills of improv and how to use them for yourself. Step 1: How to be in the moment. Secrets to get out of your head, connect with others, and release your creativity! Step 2: The key to starting powerfully. Guarantee you start off strong and make a great first impression... for dating, work, and life! Step 3: Generating an unlimited wealth of ideas. How to gain friends, communicate effectively in business, and build confidence in your creativity. Step 4: Captivating storytelling. How to entrance your audience, keep them on the edge of their seats, and discover hidden secrets of human communication. Step 5: Creating the world from nothing. Unleash your imagination, even when your mind goes blank. Step 6: Developing stage presence. How you can let go of anxiety and develop a commanding stage presence. Step 7: The last key to success. Taking risks, overcoming obstacles, and letting go of your fears. Each chapter contains games and exercises you can do without a partner, so you can begin gaining the skills you need immediately. This is the first book to create a step-by-step blueprint to success with improvisation. You'll learn exactly how you can apply what you're learning to your life. Discover how to use what you learn to meet new friends, handle difficult people and situations, and master public speaking (including, how to give a speech spontaneously with zero preparation.) You'll be surprised how quickly you'll be using what you've learned to have more rewarding conversations and unleash a side of yourself you thought you'd lost. You'll learn to be more present, let go of former limitations, and replace old fears with new confidence. You'll discover you have more wit and humor than you know what to do with. If you've ever struggled with social anxiety, insecurity, or being able to express yourself, you'll find valuable tools and insights you can apply right away. Read every word of this book. You'll be glad you did and find yourself recommending it to your friends!
Decomposition is a bracing, revisionary, and provocative inquiry into music—from Beethoven to Duke Ellington, from Conlon Nancarrow to Evelyn Glennie—as a personal and cultural experience: how it is composed, how it is idiosyncratically perceived by critics and reviewers, and why we listen to it the way we do. Andrew Durkin, best known as the leader of the West Coast–based Industrial Jazz Group, is singular for his insistence on asking tough questions about the complexity of our presumptions about music and about listening, especially in the digital age. In this winning and lucid study he explodes the age-old concept of musical composition as the work of individual genius, arguing instead that in both its composition and reception music is fundamentally a collaborative enterprise that comes into being only through mediation. Drawing on a rich variety of examples—Big Jay McNeely’s “Deacon’s Hop,” Biz Markie’s “Alone Again,” George Antheil’s Ballet Mécanique, Frank Zappa’s “While You Were Art,” and Pauline Oliveros’s “Tuning Meditation,” to name only a few—Durkin makes clear that our appreciation of any piece of music is always informed by neuroscientific, psychological, technological, and cultural factors. How we listen to music, he maintains, might have as much power to change it as music might have to change how we listen.
A charming illustrated introduction to the pangolin--the shy, scaly-skinned creature scapegoated for the coronavirus outbreak. Pangolin. You've seen the name on the news ticker. You've read the headlines. You've typed it into your search bar. Maybe you know how for centuries, poachers and traffickers have targeted these enigmatic mammals, selling their trademark scales for use in traditional medicine and folk remedies. And that today, pangolins bear an unwieldy burden as the long-snouted face of the COVID-19 virus, as they have been identified as a possible link in the spread of the disease. But what is a pangolin? A mythical creature? A dinosaur? How could it have started all of this? And what can a pangolin teach us about surviving sickness, attacks, and isolation? With heartwarming images and witty revelations, this book will set the record straight: teaching you about these elusive introverts, the dangers they may or may not present to humans, and the threats that they face as an endangered species. This illustrated manifesto will clear up the tabloid misconceptions and reveal time-tested pangolin beliefs, including: Looks can be deceiving (pangolins are more closely related to cats and dogs than lookalike reptiles like armadillos). It's okay to be a loner--especially in a global pandemic. Your worth is not skin-deep. You deserve protection, even if you're different. Curling up into a ball is always the best defense. Through the delightful drawings and clever captions that fill the pages of It's Not My Fault: A Pangolin's Manifesto, animal lovers of all ages will laugh, cry, and learn that even the most misunderstood members of the animal kingdom are worthy of a second look.
