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Gotta get bad before it gets good,It’s gotta get bad before it gets good,It’s gotta get bad before it gets good,I want good now,But it’s gotta get bad before it gets good,That’s what you say,It’s gotta get bad before it gets good -song “Bad Before Good” by Day One How good you can get atContinue reading “Gotta Be Bad To Be Good”

“We can always do a better job of finding the place where we might thrive. And a better job of living and telling the story that earns us a chance to get to that place.” -Seth Godin If you’re not getting the results you want, it’s most likely not because you aren’t good enough. (Though you shouldContinue reading “Get Your Stories Straight”

Mickey:Why do you have to wear that stinkin’ sweatsuit? Rocky Balboa:It brings me luck, you know? Mickey:Brings you luck. I’ll tell you what it brings – it brings FLIES! Now here’s what I want you to do – I want you to chase this little chicken. Rocky Balboa:Hey yo, Mick, what do I got toContinue reading “Embrace The Suffering Paradox”

“I will laugh at the world. No living creature can laugh except man. Trees may bleed when they are wounded, and beasts in the field will cry in pain and hunger, yet only I have the gift of laughter and it is mine to use whenever I choose. Henceforth I will cultivate the habit ofContinue reading “Humor Me”

“There are no small parts, only small actors.” -Konstantin Stanislavski After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer. He wasn’t playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice. Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacksContinue reading “Small Is Big”

“This is the practice of cleaning the slate. The ability to create as an artist and experience the work as a first time viewer, dropping baggage from the past of what you thought you wanted the work to be. The mission is to be in the present moment with the work.” -Rick Rubin, The Creative Act ForContinue reading “Clean The Slate”

Life’s too short to paint a kissSo sing a picture, paint a songTake it home and bang your gongCause life is an ill cast comedy for fools -lyrics from “Symphony for Group and Orchestra” by Lee Jackson and band The Nice O gentlemen, the time of life is short;To spend that shortness basely were tooContinue reading “Ars Longa, Vita Brevis”

Tell your story. Be transformed. We’ll be transformed too. A new Vs. Studio Writing and Solo Performance Workshop begins this Saturday.  We’d love to have you. (Only one spot left. Email jclark@vstheatre.org)

Making your way in the world todayTakes everything you’ve gotTaking a break from all your worriesSure would help a lotWouldn’t you like to get away? All those nights when you’ve got no lightsThe check is in the mailAnd your little angelHung the cat up by it’s tailAnd your third fiance didn’t show Sometimes you wannaContinue reading ““I’m Really Glad You’re Here””

“If you feel unable to hit a note or faithfully paint an image, it’s helpful to remember that the challenge is not that you can’t do it, but that you haven’t done it yet. Avoid thinking in impossibilities.” -Rick Rubin, The Creative Act “Allow an old man some parting words–just one observation–Do something with your lives,Continue reading “Bring It On”