#performance theory

[lesbiansagainsttheatre]

performance theory

the state of dreaming, marina / the fan, richard schechner / theatre of the unimpressed, jordan tannahill / chapter 20: and rend up both to dust bellow, the silt verses / the empty space, peter brook / as you like it, william shakespeare / the main character, will wood

[omegaphilosophia]

The Philosophy of Excellence

The philosophy of excellence explores the nature, pursuit, and implications of striving for the highest standards in various aspects of life. Excellence is often regarded as an ideal that motivates individuals and societies to achieve their best, whether in personal development, professional endeavors, or creative pursuits. This philosophical inquiry delves into what it means to excel, the values that underpin excellence, and the practical and ethical considerations involved in its pursuit.

Key Concepts in the Philosophy of Excellence

Definition of Excellence:

Concept: Excellence is typically defined as the quality of being outstanding or extremely good. It implies surpassing ordinary standards and achieving a level of superiority.

Implications: Understanding what constitutes excellence can vary depending on cultural, social, and individual perspectives.

Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation:

Concept: The pursuit of excellence can be driven by intrinsic motivations (personal satisfaction, growth) or extrinsic motivations (rewards, recognition).

Implications: Exploring these motivations helps in understanding the deeper reasons behind the quest for excellence and its sustainability.

Virtue and Excellence:

Concept: In classical philosophy, particularly Aristotelian ethics, excellence (arete) is closely linked to virtue. It involves developing one's abilities and character to achieve a good and fulfilling life.

Implications: This perspective connects moral and ethical dimensions with the concept of excellence.

Standards and Measurement:

Concept: Excellence involves benchmarks and standards against which performance is measured. These standards can be objective (quantifiable achievements) or subjective (perceptions of quality).

Implications: The criteria for excellence influence how it is pursued and recognized in different fields.

Role of Failure and Resilience:

Concept: The path to excellence often includes overcoming failures and developing resilience. Learning from setbacks is integral to achieving high standards.

Implications: This aspect emphasizes the process-oriented nature of excellence rather than focusing solely on outcomes.

Theories on the Philosophy of Excellence

Aristotelian Virtue Ethics:

Theory: Aristotle posited that excellence is achieved through the cultivation of virtues, which are traits that enable individuals to perform their functions well. This involves finding the mean between extremes in actions and emotions.

Implications: This theory highlights the moral and ethical dimensions of striving for excellence.

Existentialist Perspectives:

Theory: Existentialist philosophers like Jean-Paul Sartre emphasize individual choice and authenticity in the pursuit of excellence. It involves creating meaning and purpose through one's actions.

Implications: Excellence is seen as a personal, self-defined endeavor that requires existential commitment and responsibility.

Humanistic Psychology:

Theory: Theories by psychologists such as Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers focus on self-actualization as the realization of one's potential and excellence. This involves achieving personal growth and fulfillment.

Implications: Excellence is linked to psychological well-being and the realization of innate capabilities.

Performance Theory:

Theory: In areas like sports, business, and the arts, performance theory examines how excellence can be systematically pursued through deliberate practice, feedback, and continuous improvement.

Implications: This theory provides practical strategies for achieving high levels of performance.

Ethical Leadership and Excellence:

Theory: Leadership theories often emphasize the role of ethical principles in achieving excellence. Leaders who model integrity, fairness, and dedication inspire excellence in others.

Implications: This approach connects leadership qualities with the cultivation of excellence in organizations and communities.

The philosophy of excellence encourages a nuanced exploration of what it means to achieve the highest standards, emphasizing the importance of virtues, motivation, resilience, and ethical considerations in this pursuit. It serves as a guiding framework for individuals and societies aiming to elevate their capabilities and contributions to their fullest potential.

[vermiciousyidreborn]

Fun fact for superbowl enjoyers! Kendrick Lamar hates Jews almost as much as Kanye does, he just doesn't use Hitler to do so!

[deaddee-anime-brownfanlady]

Seeing White Leftists and so-called supposed "ActiviSTS " and so-called " Woke" Progressives " Allies " praise and support the Ayatollah and other horrible and terrible dictators will always be mind-boggling to me.

Like, do these fools realize that the Iranian regime is a full theocratic authoritarian dictatorship and are definitely *NOT* the good guys.

What's the fuck is it with these supposed Leftists kissing the ass and loving and supporting the absolute worst scumbags, terrorists groups, dictators, and regimes just because they so happen to be Anti-American and Anti-West.

Like, do these radicalized brainwashed idiots realize that if they were anywhere near these tyrants in any kind of way, be it the Ayatollah or Hamas or the Taliban or Putin and any other horrible authoritarian leader & such, is that these people wouldn't dare hesitate to kill you and your whole family and everything else you care about.

Have any of these so-called Leftists forgotten about what Iranian women have to deal with daily because of this horrid regime? Or do their massive hatred of Israelis /Jewish people make them blind towards it.

I swear these people countine to showcase how deeply morally bankrupt and fake their activism also allyship really is.

[chocostrwberry]

How does Felix in this au learn he’s a senti? How old was he, and how did he take it?

After the life-altering talk:

[pbeeanjay]

i think supernatural should’ve ended like the truman show. sam and dean should’ve walked away from chuck and we should have never seen them again because they actually escaped the story

[smile-files]

something interesting i realized while on the vessel-making screen in the deltarune introduction is that it's physically impossible to make kris: there is no hair that perfectly matches theirs (none have the cowlick or the right jagged shape on the bottom), and there is no sweater that perfectly matches theirs (none have a single stripe). this is fascinating, as it perhaps suggest that, if we (the player) had a choice, we *wouldn't* make kris. they aren't something we want, or are even capable of wanting, rather something we're stuck with.

and i suppose the fact that they can't be *created* as a vessel is telling, because we didn't create kris -- they weren't made for us, they're not a player avatar. they're a pre-existing person we just happen to gain possession of.

we weren't made for each other; they don't want us, and we don't seem to want them either (if the inability to choose to create someone like them says anything); funny, then, that in a way we're "soulmates"...

(both pictures are from the deltarune wiki!)

[lucanderie]

Feel like in the UT fandom's attempt to reverse the 2015-era-gremlinification of Chara Undertale there's risen a common- not necessarily mischaracterization, but misremembering of Chara's dialogue as being needlessly formal or "proper". It is true that they're eloquent, (and they do use a more formal text style in the Japanese translation)- but it's common to extend this trait in fan content to them being flowery, or even never using contractions. Nothing wrong with having these headcanons! But for one, they very much do use contractions:

The undoubtably-Chara lines in the game's narration do have a very specific style! They're blunt, matter-of-fact, impatient, and clipped- with just a little of that pacifist-route curiosity peaking through:

Again, they are a well-spoken kid, but I think we may have mentally misfiled Chara's genocide dialogue as "flowery and formal" when it's really more... stilted and un-natural. It's weirdly detached, kind of like they're, you know, the ghost of a dead kid who's been grafted onto your soul as a personification of pointless level-grinding:

The dialogue isn't weird because it's formal, it's unnatural. It purposefully doesn't "flow". (As opposed to the geno dialogue, which you can definitely picture this little rosy-cheeked kid bluntly stating under their breath as they inspect every little corner of New Home for what-have-you).

And for the NarraChara theory, the game's narration isn't eloquent in a "fancy" way- it has a very distinctive "dry, technical-sounding language contrasting typically-informal subject matter" you could clearly imagine in the mouth of the kind of 2010s kid who reads Tumblr posts on Pinterest and edits TV Tropes (though order of influence may actually be reversed).

We very much are picking through scraps here, and technically we don't have any living-and-with-a-soul Chara dialogue- so this is all headcanon ground, anyway. I do think it's odd though, that in fan works we have both extremes of Chara speaking-styles: the "gremlin" take and the "extremely proper" take. I personally see them as more direct and a little stilted- a kid who's pretty talkative and has a sense of humor, yet clearly doesn't get into many two-sided conversations.

[butdaddyiloveh3r]

taylor swift pattern theme?

So for evermore its clear taylor took a lot of inspo from emily dickinson famous lesbian poet for her evemore album. this inlcudes visuals and lyrics associated with the album. specifically the outfits, photoshoots and very specifically the song ivy and also evermore was released on emily dickinsons birthday.

And for the tortured poets department its a similar becuase its clear she has taken inspiration from mainly virginia woolf who had rumored lesbian relationships and also some inspiration from mary shelley who was rumored to be bisexual. its clear for certain songs they lyrically carry the vibe of virginia wolf. and for the fortnight mv its clear mary shelley was the inspiration.

now for a future album maybe ts12 as it has a more vibrant and lilac/ violet/ pinks, blush and gold toned aesthetic based on recent outfits and easter eggs. I would love for her to continue this theme of dedicating albums to famous queer female writers and poets!! for ts12 I would love to see it based around sappho. I would love for it to have a ethereal garden poet vibe with lots of floral imagrey and silkly flowy elements.

I just think this would be a nice way to continue this theme of using queer writers as inspiration for albums!! and would love to see a sappho inspired album.

( I couldn't pinpoint any clear queer writer inspirations for folklore or midnights so if you know of a queer writer or poet who is tied to those albums please let me know)!!

links to other sources and analysis!!!

@taylorswift

[oozedninjas]

The orange peel theory

You saw this trend on TikTok, and now you must try it with your boyfriend. Would they pass the test?

General verses / sfw / ninja guys are late 20's

"Honey, I was wondering if you could help me peel this orange," you say before sitting next to him on the couch. His favorite show was about to start.

Leo looked at the orange, then at you, before taking it with a sweet smile. "Gladly."

This man never misses an opportunity to impress you.

Leo peeled a fragment with the sharp end of his katana, then removed it entirely with precise movements. He stole a few glances at you, wearing a flirty smile.

"Thank you, Leo."

He grins. "It's always an honor to help you."

"Babe, are you busy?"

Raphael turned, his eyes lighting up at the sight of you.

"I was just about to go on patrol. Why?"

"Would you mind helping me peel this orange?"

He tilted his head. You weren't one to ask for help with trivial stuff. Yet, Raphael shrugged, minding the way your eyes seemed to sparkle. It brought a smile to his face.

"Sure! Pass it over."

Raph peeled the orange, mindful not to bruise it as you admired the strength in his hands and his clumsy attempt at gentleness.

"Here you go."

It looked ridiculously tiny in his hand. You giggled. "Thanks, babe."

"Thanks?" Raph leaned over the wall, trapping you between his plastron and the bricks. "A kiss is the price to pay," he teased.

"Hey, love, I was wondering if you'd help me peel my orange?"

Donatello tuned to you, adjusting his glasses over his nose. "Of course, I'd be happy to assist," he gave you a sweet smile before cleaning up his hands.

"Would you like the orange peeled only, or do you want it sliced into wedges? I can put it on a plate— I think we have some little toothpicks around here; they'll help you eat it more comfortably," He said, moving through the place.

You weren't sure if he was talking to you or thinking out loud, but it mattered not. He definitely passed the vibe check. You were with the right man and couldn't be happier.

"Mikey baby, would you help me peel this?" you said, handing him the orange.

He was thrilled anytime you made him feel needed.

"Sure thing, angel. Watch and learn from the master of orange-peeling!" he said in an attempt to show off.

He's probably waving unexisting brows.

You sighed in that endearing way that only surfaced when he was around. Mikey eagerly peeled the orange and then bowed to present it to you.

"Thank you, mister."

"Anything for my baby!"

He'll be happy if you ask to eat it together.

[leerieistotallynotaplaguedoctor]

How do you do that Lunar???

[itzphynix]

Yeah, so while I was on my "I'm going to read into Vanny/Vanessa as much as possible" journey, I noticed an odd quirk in her animations in how she moves. At first, I thought it reminded me of a ballerina, 'cause she's kinda tip-toeing, & she has this way of keeping her head & chest in one place as she moves, but I looked again & realized --

That's not ballet! She's doing a tight-rope act. Like, look at this one:

This is like standing up on the wooden boards before you do the actual tight-rope walking, & the ring leader is hyping you up as you do some fun movement for the crowds. &, then, these:

These are all instances where she walks with one foot directly in front of the other. In that third, she's doing the "woaaah" wiggly-ass balance movements & everything, as if she's swaying up at the top of the tent, even though she's down on solid ground.

Idk, I feel like the way her feet are placed isn't accurate (pretty sure they should be pointed left & right, not both forwards...) doesn't make this 100% correct, but I like it. It also connects back with her first SB teaser, wherein she's up in the rafters.

[iwozlegit]

|| 🍍• You know how like the Hazbin Hotel crew have been pretty deliberate with their foreshadowing and hints? Imma call it…

…from them hanging effectively a ‘new bar’ sign…

…they’re gonna own/run a bar together endgame.

Literally zero HAND-vantage of using all hands joined together to hang up a sign…WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!

[deaddee-anime-brownfanlady]

I will never understand certain people who deemed themselves as " Leftists " or "Progressives " or so-called "allies " for minorities and marginalized groups and pretend to act like they give a Fuck about said groups of people. But have no issues throwing many of said minorities and marginalized groups under the bus as "acceptable collateral damage " with Trump if he gets back in Office again.

Because they idiotically believe that Trump would bring out their glorious "Revolution."

These people aren't serious at all about politics and have deeply lost touch with reality with this stupid belief of theirs that is nothing more then just pure fantasy.

I so badly want these people to stop acting like they actually care about black and brown people or immigrants and LGBTQ people and women, also religious minorities and such.

When in actuality, they have no problems with putting a highly unhinged, unstable, reckless convicted dangerous criminal bigoted piece of shit wannabe dictator back in power again.

Truly Fuck these phony fake-ass people who claimed to care about these groups, but actually have no problems with Fucking over said groups and have them suffer solely because they want to punish democrats for not being " Super leftist enough " or try to "punish" Biden because they want to live their Hunger Games Revolutionary dreams.

That they seem to think America losing complete democracy and turning into a far-right authoritarian theocratic country no better than North Korea or Russia or any other dictatorship nation isn't a problem because they believe that a dictatorship "Isn't that BaD " or living under a theocratic regime " Won't be a Big DeaL ".

I swear these people aren't real Leftists and should just admit to themselves that they don't actually give a flying shit about the groups of people they pretend to care about and that they are fine with authoritarianism rule.

Really Fuck these people, my family and loved ones and everyone else I care about aren't you're "acceptable collateral damage" for your imagery Revolution.

[imjustmarcy]

Thought back to how everyone went off with the parallels between Lucy and Katniss bowing and. Guys. GUYS. Yes there's some of Lucy in Katniss (more so with her singing) but no, Peeta is the one who reminds Snow of Lucy.

They're the ones with the endless charm who convinced the Capitol to like them, the sweetheart that won over everyone with words and smiles and knew how to play the games before they went into the arena. They knew how to perform and did it flawlessly, and knew the games started as soon as they were picked as tributes.

Katniss is Sejanus. The one from the districts that infiltrated the Capitol somehow, who always wants to do the right thing even if it comes with major repercussions. They're reckless, and they care way too much about their own people to the point it gets used against them.

[roman-roy-apologist]

obsessed with brad and anna’s banter being casual insults that are actually clearly targeting some of their deepest insecurities and them needing to respond with “i know” because they can’t have the other one thinking they don’t recognize their weaknesses, because to them, the only thing worse than being weak is someone else revealing that