I went to a concert with my friends tonight, and afterwards we hung out for a bit in the theater lobby. There was some art there, naturally. One was particularly intriguing so we started looking at it. I took a look at the informational plaque about the sculpture, and one of the more theatrically-oriented friends asked me, partly in jest, "Tell us more about this!" They invited me to make stuff up too.
I did. I started with what I knew and went from there. I just kept talking like I was a tour guide or something, giving random "facts" about the materials and methods behind the sculpture. I even threw in some "quotes" from a few "comments" I got from an "interview" with the artist "two days ago." I must have been yammering for several minutes before I decided to wrap up (I could have kept going, but I didn't want to bore my captive audience). I impressed myself, actually! I don't consider myself much of an improv actor. However, I have been surrounded by creative people long enough to know how to carry on such a performance.
Another friend told me, after I finished, that during my improv yammering, there was a person or two that were behind me, admiring the sculpture and even nodding their heads a little bit as they heard what I said! We had some good laughs about it. Oh boy. I don't like to mislead people, but if a weird little urban legend goes around about this sculpture, I'll take that as a compliment. ;)
I am grateful for effective spontaneous performance!
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