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From the Ted Talk by Reggie Watts: Everything is improvisation — including this TED Talk

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(rnorciedg new beatbox loops)

Now maybe I'd like to subdivide.

(Recording new babtoex loops)

And then, I might just stop. (Loops stop)

(Laughter)

So what is ieertsnntig about improvisation is that you can constantly do it, all the time. So if you're ever in a sutiioatn where you hate where you're working, just realize that you're constantly imovnspiirg, even when you have to go to reach for a pencil on the desk, you're still thinking about how you're going to do it. Sometimes, it's a huge ordeal. You have to actually lift your hand from where it was resting on your lap, and aviod the desk, because if you just raised your hand, you would just come in contact with some wood, and then, you move around that, navigate it, and grab that pencil and know where it is, and the feel of it, so that you know that you're grabbing the right thing if you're not looking at it while gracefully handing someone something from another desk.

Open Cloze


(_________ new beatbox loops)

Now maybe I'd like to subdivide.

(Recording new _______ loops)

And then, I might just stop. (Loops stop)

(Laughter)

So what is ___________ about improvisation is that you can constantly do it, all the time. So if you're ever in a _________ where you hate where you're working, just realize that you're constantly ___________, even when you have to go to reach for a pencil on the desk, you're still thinking about how you're going to do it. Sometimes, it's a huge ordeal. You have to actually lift your hand from where it was resting on your lap, and _____ the desk, because if you just raised your hand, you would just come in contact with some wood, and then, you move around that, navigate it, and grab that pencil and know where it is, and the feel of it, so that you know that you're grabbing the right thing if you're not looking at it while gracefully handing someone something from another desk.

Solution


  1. improvising
  2. recording
  3. situation
  4. interesting
  5. avoid
  6. beatbox

Original Text


(Recording new beatbox loops)

Now maybe I'd like to subdivide.

(Recording new beatbox loops)

And then, I might just stop. (Loops stop)

(Laughter)

So what is interesting about improvisation is that you can constantly do it, all the time. So if you're ever in a situation where you hate where you're working, just realize that you're constantly improvising, even when you have to go to reach for a pencil on the desk, you're still thinking about how you're going to do it. Sometimes, it's a huge ordeal. You have to actually lift your hand from where it was resting on your lap, and avoid the desk, because if you just raised your hand, you would just come in contact with some wood, and then, you move around that, navigate it, and grab that pencil and know where it is, and the feel of it, so that you know that you're grabbing the right thing if you're not looking at it while gracefully handing someone something from another desk.

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Important Words


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