"Helping others to spiritually enrich their lives with wisdom, refined character, compassion and happiness is my life's mission," says Sadananda.
In the stories, more overtly than in the novels, characters are activated, brought to life, by the situation that is created around them, created for them, rather than partaking in a more Chekhovian sort of exchange in which character creates situation even as situation intensifies or refines character.
"One session is strictly devoted to exploration -- improvisations and exercises to refine plot, character and relationships," he said.
Does a car — as opposed to, say, a plastic cowboy — have the pliability that is needed to fashion and refine a character?
The Sefer ha'Chinuch (187) suggests that we cover the blood in order to refine our character.
Each video game offered opportunities to refine the character's appearances and design.
"We're refining our art like we've refined our character usage; this is how we teach art in the new age".
This research involves field and herbarium studies to discover and refine taxonomic characters useful at all three levels.
He spent years workshopping Nelson on London's pub circuit, endlessly refining the character to make him a fully rounded personality rather than a cheap chav stereotype.
As he refined the character, his language grew vaguer and vaguer, an evolution that was actually an articulate comment on the decline of clarity in political rhetoric.
"Patti's always been hilarious, and that was the reason why I was instantly interested," said Miceli, who handles the business side and helped refine the characters and scripts.
