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“If you build it, they will come,” is an oft-repeated mantra first popularized in the movie FIELD OF DREAMS. (The actual line is “If you build it, he will come.”) If you build it,… Not think it. Not plan it. Not pray it. Not hope it. Not wish it. And definitely not talk about it.Continue reading “If You Build It”

Feeling like nobody cares about your art? Good. You’re free to make the art you want. The art from your heart. Keep going.

“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” -Heraclitus Today and every day, you’re either getting better or you’re getting worse. But you’re not staying the same. The good thing is, you have the power to choose. What’s it gonna be?

Envy (noun): A feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck. Envy (verb): A desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable attribute belonging to someone else. “Envy is pain at the sight of another’s good fortune, stirred by ‘those who have what we ought to have.” -AristotleContinue reading “Follow Your…Envy?”

Who’s your ideal reader or audience member? That single person you’d love to be able to pull aside and have a deep, intimate conversation with. One on one. To share with them everything you’re thinking about, everything that excites you and scares you and saddens you and brings you joy. Most of all, to shareContinue reading ““You Talkin’ To Me?””

That change you wanna make? That risk you wanna take? That art you wanna create? That new skill you wanna learn? That good habit you wanna start? That bad one you wanna stop? Here’s the thing…you won’t do any of these things until the pain of not doing something exceeds the pain (and fear) ofContinue reading “Pain Threshold”

“Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.” -Zig Ziglar The more specific and personal you make your art, the more universal and widespread it can become.

“A placebo is a story we tell ourselves that changes the way our brain and our body work.” -Seth Godin Numerous articles like this one and this one have been written about the power of the placebo (or really, the power of the mind). The placebo effect is real. Consider for example, that in mostContinue reading “Power To The Placebo”

Maybe you got pretty much everything you wanted. You did what you set out to do. You achieved. Or… Maybe you didn’t. Or haven’t yet. (Or realized what you thought you wanted isn’t what you want after all.) All that matters now is what you do from here. Don’t let sunk costs sink you. StrugglingContinue reading ““Now, What?””

Until you set an arbitrary deadline, it’s not real. It won’t happen.  Your passion project might as well not exist. That’s one of the great things about doing live theatre.  You have to set a date for opening night and announce it to the public. You’ve thrown your hat over the wall.  No turning backContinue reading “No Turning Back Now”