The number one question that I get asked about acting is: How do you remember all those lines? Memorization seems to be a fading skill for most people. Why commit things to memory when you can look them up online? Of course, when you’re performing in a play, you don’t have that luxury. You’ve got…
Many of us have heard the term “learned hopelessness”. Your ability to think for yourself and do things for yourself gets beaten out of you. From negative experiences. It a form of apathy. And in its most extreme form can lead to death. You just give up. Stephen Magness discusses this phenomenon in his book…
You never know what the day will bring. Yesterday, I saw a dead person. At least, I’m pretty sure they’re dead. The Emergency Services Technicians were giving him CPR. But there was no response. And then they put him in an ambulance. But the ambulance didn’t rush off. It stayed there for about 15 minutes.…
We are hard-wired to look for what’s wrong. What’s bad. What’s broken. And with those “glasses” on, it’s easy to overlook what’s good. What’s working. What went well. Last month, I missed two posts. I only posted 28 days, instead of 30 days. And my initial reaction was that I failed. Not only that, but…
As expected, this was a month where the pendulum swung the other way. The weight pendulum, that is. After a few months of decreasing my weight, I gained back most of it. My average weight for April was 208.9lbs. Almost up to my January weight. It would have been higher if I hadn’t revisited Intermittent…
Today is the last day of the day the Dramatist’s Guild’s month long “End of Play”. And I didn’t do much writing. Doh! But I’m going to push that effort out to May, instead. Or I should save it for June? May is going to be busy with Burn ramping up. Lines must be learned.…
I’ve been pretty good at limiting my television watching. Limiting it how many days I watch. Of course, once I sit in front of the TV, I’m prone to sit there for hours. For me, avoidance is the best kind of limitation. Because my self control is very weak once I start watching. But I’ve…
I was at Dundas Little Theatre today. Volunteering to do the bar for intermission. It struck me that there’s a social aspect to seeing a play. Beyond the entertainment and cultural aspects, I mean. Because I’ve been involved in a few shows, I’ve met a few people. And we run into each other at different…
For four years, I had a gratitude practice. I would list 5 things that I was grateful for. Daily. They could be big things or little things. There were repeats, obviously. But it made me think about and be appreciative for what I’ve got. I started being less consistent in listing my gratitude in the…
This happened last Fall. I was in a play and my choir had a concert. At the same time. Fortunately, I was able to perform in all the play and choir dates. And it’s happening again. I’m in another play. Burn at the Player’s Guild. We open on May 31. And my choir has their…
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