33 ways to start
This manifesto, written by Lois, appeared in The Only Way Home is Through the Show: The Performance Work of Lois Weaver, edited by Jen Harvie.
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Exhibit tendencies
Work with what you got
Act on an impulse
Pay attention to accident
Tangle a few stories
Have faith in detail
Perform a fantasy
Embrace your stereotype
Show your slip
Sleep with your enemy
Love the one you are with
Compete
Respond to necessity
Exploit eccentricity
Make up a title
Spread a rumour
Do what scares you
Take something apart
Reveal a guilty secret
Ease a pain or two
Facilitate kinship
Follow obsessions
Fall in love with forms
Take a flash picture
Embody your worst nightmare
Develop a persona
Capitalise on mistakes
Listen to your friends
Perform something in reverse
Revisit your obsessions
Do it anyway