New blog domain: kula.blog

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It's still work in progress but new posts will be published on  https://kula.blog/ Thanks to 11ty base blog RSS is working from the start so it should be easy to add to your reader if you still use any :) If now then I hope you can sign up to the newsletter where I'll be publishing new posts and interesting articles to it from time to time. Please use  kula.blog  from now on.
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Book Review: Praktyczna improwizacja. Jak techniki improwizacji mogą usprawnić każdy aspekt Twojego życia by Michał Mącznik, Artur Król

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Authors themselves described this book as translated to Polish and more focused on practice version of Impro by Keith Johnstone. I do not think there is much worth in reviewing it beside simple rating, so I will try to make this post more about improvisation so that you can pick a book in your favourite language.

Most important three things from the book about impro are: Taking Offers, Not Blocking and Being Aware of Status.

Taking Offers - Like in "Yes Man", taking offers sacrifices safety of habits and everyday life for a chance of more exciting things to do.

Not Blocking - Connected to the first one, but more about noticing many ways in which we are blocking offers, like joking - those are not so obvious to notice but still are 'blocks'.

Status - Status Games and Status started to be something that I am fascinates me. It explains so many of my irrational behaviours...

Of course I missed most of the book as I do not really practiced much. Still book is worth read, short and if you have group interested in impro then you can use exercises from the book in a group.

Rating: 7.5/10

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