This is my new blog

Here is my my goal: a book organized week by week for a full year of reflection and practice of some of the key concepts and ideas that we as actors and artists treat every day, though some days more intentionally than others.  The goal is to offer possibilities for something practical and focused that can be done every day, but flexible enough to adjust to the unpredictable life that the art and the industry often builds around us.

What I hope to do:

-A theme for each week and a brief plunge into it.

-a story about that theme as it relates to daily life. 

-another story about how it relates to the craft.

-further investigation of the theme.

-a “Seven List” of seven different activities that can be done from day to day to put it into practice.

As you read, feel free to comment and suggest other themes or things that you do that work for you. 

I’m blessed to work with so many amazing people (you included) and would not be able to do what I do each day were it not for the inspiration I get from you.

Please become a faithful reader, try things out, leave me your comments, tell me what works and what needs clarifying.

Enjoy, dream, get inspired, and touch back to what got you into this wonderful world to begin with.

Here is a list of topics I plan on treating in no definite … Cast a vote, add your own, make a suggestion:

Beginning

Focus

Observation

Courage

Flexibility

Energy

Containment

Accumulation

Radiance

Character

Action

Objective

Obstacle

Awareness

Gravity

Momentum

Suspension

Opposition

Resistance

Poise

Guts

Truth

Maintaining

Ending

Consonants

Vowels

Intelligence

Feeling

Embodiment

Vitality

Spirituality

Consciousness

Hiddenness

Process

Collaboration

Moment

Timing

Trust

Challenge

Generosity

Spontaneity

Consistency

Impulse

Stimulus

Response

Perfection

Striving