A teacher's comment on Energy Theater

While I recognize that one of the dangers in video analysis is only choosing the quotes that support your point, I couldn't pass up this great quote from one of the E2 teachers about the benefits of Energy Theater. In it, Linda discusses her perspective on the advantage of using Energy Theater instead of Source-Reciever diagrams to represent complex processes.

A quick transcript (so you don't get too distracted by the slurping noises :)

I'm just thinking in terms of the.. especially if you're.. cuz I was trying to use those diagrams, and I realized that I wasn't representing the things I thought I should be representing. And after watching this I'm thinking well maybe I just need to block out Energy Theater scenario, rather than trying to use that. Because I could almost see trying to have the act one, act two, act three, act four, act five. I find those diagrams very useful for a very simple... OK, potential energy goes down, kinetic energy goes up, Bingo. But when it gets more and more complex, I think it gets much harder to use those diagrams to represent what's happening.

UPDATE: In this quote, I believe Linda is using the phrase "block out" in the theater sense of "to mark or indicate the outline or chief lines of (to block out a design)", so she is basically saying that she should use Energy Theater for more complex scenarios.