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You don’t understand, until you understand
A quiet reflection on the moment when understanding suddenly appears — and how it changes the way we see the world.
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Improv emotions: what improvisers really feel
A practical mini-dictionary of improv emotions that uncovers what improvisers really feel on stage – and how those feelings shape their improvisation.
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Listen for the heart of things
When the world becomes too loud, we stop noticing what’s alive. A piece about returning to quiet attention — through movement, poetry and listening for what matters.
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Theatre is training to live
A reflection on theatre as a practice of attention — learning to notice more, feel more, and stay awake to what the world shows you.
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The path to freedom in clowning
On how creating simple clown acts became the key to artistic freedom, and how years of training at Ira Seidenstein’s Quantum Clown Residency revealed the deeper foundations of clowning.
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Meeting my mentor
How meeting Ira Seidenstein became the turning point in my artistic life — a meeting that revealed my creative self through clowning, presence and real work.
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A true clown master
Why I consider Ira Seidenstein a true clown master – not for control or mystique, but for the clarity, craft and freedom he passes on to his students.
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On leading a creative life
Thoughts on what it means to live creatively: paying attention, following your curiosity and letting everyday moments shape your imagination.
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To be one in a hundred
A short piece on individuality, presence and the quiet courage of seeing the world in your own way.
From inside the work
Writings
By Caspar Schjelbred
Reflections on improvisation, physical acting, clowning and creative life — exploring attention, presence and the body as a source of imagination.
