The joy of risk

By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  March 10, 2010

He is often asked to lecture about the connections between creativity and science, and he is scheduled to do one such school appearance in Rhode Island. Ever the multitasker, he notes that he is working on his PowerPoint presentation with one hand, practicing his act with the other hand, and holding the phone on his shoulder as he talks to me.

"One of the things I'm always trying to emphasize is, 'If you're trying to be creative, always take the most difficult route,' " Moschen remarked. "Don't take the easiest route — you're not going to get to the interesting questions that way."

And if there's anything Moschen wants to be for his audiences, it's "a question person — I love provoking questions.

"Questions make you think and make you both go inside and outside and figure out what your motives and your interests are," he stressed. "And ultimately have a lot of fun with that. Take some things very seriously and bring out the beauty but also realize, 'My God, we're alive and look at all the different things we can experience!' "

< prev  1  |  2  | 
  Topics: Theater , Entertainment, Dance, Arts,  More more >
| More


Most Popular
ARTICLES BY BILL RODRIGUEZ
Share this entry with Delicious
  •   REVIEW: EL RANCHO GRANDE  |  May 21, 2013
    Having a yen Mexican food and limiting yourself to tacos and burritos is like craving French food and choosing french fries.
  •   REMIXING SHAKESPEARE  |  May 13, 2013
    From music to costumes to inserted interludes of dance and mad poetry, this staging is vivacious.
  •   A CLOSE ENCOUNTER  |  May 13, 2013
    The set-up couldn't be more straightforward: two strangers are having a conversation in New York's Central Park. Correspondingly, the set couldn't be more simple: a park bench in front of tall color photographs of its bucolic backdrop.
  •   REVIEW: TRATTORIA LONGO  |  May 13, 2013
    Preparing most Italian dishes doesn't require the complexity of organic chemistry. Fresh ingredients, a good recipe, well-timed cooking, and ecco! Benissimo!
  •   SOUR AND DOUR SOULS  |  May 07, 2013
    Some people are brittle and dry as tinder, but they don't have the sense to not play with matches. The two women at the dangerous center of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane could blaze up at any moment, and we know that one or both will by the end. Each is filled with so much pent-up hatred that spontaneous combustion seems a distinct possibility.

 See all articles by: BILL RODRIGUEZ