“The King leaned closer to me. ‘I have only one real applicable piece of advice for you, he said, his perfect diction piercing through the noise of the crowd. ‘Have a boring life and make your art thrilling.’ –A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke “Be regular and orderly in your life, so thatContinue reading “Be A Jekyll And A Hyde”
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You know that feeling when you’re watching a play or any kind of live performance and you just love it so much? Emotions are stirring. You’re moved to your core. You don’t want it to end. You look around at the audience and wonder: “Is anyone else seeing what I’m seeing?” You just feel blessedContinue reading ““Is Anyone Else Seeing What I’m Seeing?””
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“I think there is much more going on than we are aware of and sensitive to and perceptive about , and the more we think we know what is possible and impossible the more we are foolish and arrogant and imprisoning ourselves in an idea.” – “The Daoine Sidhe” Essay from “One Long River OfContinue reading “Love The Quotidian”
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“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” –Hamlet “If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster; And treat those two impostors just the same…” –If by Rudyard Kipling “When something is wrong of going bad, you just look at me and say, Good.” -Jocko Wilink One of the many giftsContinue reading ““How Can I Use This?””
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Inspired by The Criterion Collection’s “Three Reasons” film promos. (watch this as an example; and definitely see the film!) here are three reasons to check out filmmaker Ed Burns and his work. (1) “Head down. Ass up. Keep moving forward….What other choice do you have?” His mantra. Listen to this podcast. (2) From superstar debutContinue reading “Ed Burns: Three Reasons”
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How do you know if you have something to say? How do you “find your voice”? How do you attract and engage a readership? You write a book. Ship it (as Seth Godin is fond of saying). Share it with the world. See what happens. Then you do it again. And again. And again. And…Continue reading “Say What? (Part Two)”
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I get some form of this call or email with regularity… “Hi there. I’m looking for a good producer for my upcoming theatre production. Know anyone who might be interested?” My first thought, especially knowing it’s intimate theatre, is… “Why are you trying to hire someone else? Why not do it yourself?” It’s your baby.Continue reading “Looking For A Producer”
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It’s easy to write a book. Discipline and commitment will get you there. It’s really hard to actually have something to say.
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“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” -Shunryu Suzuki Know what Jack Nicklaus, the greatest golfer of his time and arguably of all time, would do after every golf season? No matter how successful it went? He’d return home to work with Jack Grout, his childhood teacherContinue reading “Beginner’s Mind”
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Just like baseball, it’s really hard to practice acting on your own. You can do a bunch of drills and such to stay sharp, but it’s just not the same as playing in a game or being in a play or film. Acting is, by far, the most collaborative of all the artforms. As such,Continue reading “Acting and Baseball”
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