Billy The Mime’s Workspace

I will not divulge the secret identity of the man behind Billy The Mime, but this dude is good! You might have seen Billy in his successful Hollywood shows or at Edinburgh Fringe or opening for Penn & Teller or in the movie The Aristocrats. He’s hilarious, awesome, and precise.

Recently, he got a new workspace that has as much room as a stage, but he didn’t need it to gain the success he has. I visited his home and he showed me where he created his performances. His home isn’t tiny, but the space he worked was about 7′ by 3′. He didn’t get a perfect setup before starting. He didn’t even get a perfect setup before continuing. He worked for years (maybe a decade) on this little rectangle between a couch and a piano and he took those creations to tens of thousands of people.

No matter how much we refine our process, environment, tools, mission, etc. the creation process will still be very imperfect and messy and limiting in some way.