At the other is a far less obvious form of action, but one that can be just as gripping: conversation.
The gripping 45-minute conversation that followed revealed more about the political system than a truckload of Today programme interviews.
That means actively seek something appealing, curious, fascinating, provocative, inspiring or emotionally gripping in any conversation you are having.
Benjamin Sledge (storyteller, veteran and self- proclaimed "creative liar") authored a gripping piece entitled "The Conversation About War and Our Veterans We Refuse to Have".
And yet its most gripping moments involve an extensive conversation between a communist militia and the people of a Spanish town about the merits of collectivism.
His career as a far-right troll began in 2014, when a manufactured panic about Ebola gripped the national conversation for months.
Gripping choral episodes depict a babble of online conversations.
Conversation centered on the cash squeeze gripping the media industry and the new scrutiny of its accounting techniques.
As the furious Bobby and his father sit on a bench outside the court building, and the camera lingers on their conversation, the scene is exhilarating and gripping.
The trial promises to deliver gripping Law & Order-like drama, complete with confidential informants, wiretapped phone conversations and high-profile witnesses, including potential testimony from Lloyd C. Blankfein, chief executive of Goldman Sachs.
