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| The SPARKS of creativity |
As you sit by those dancing flames, something may just spark in your imagination. Write it down, or text yourself, or type it into your laptop and then let it go. Check on it the next day or the next week and see if it leads you anywhere. Then let me know how it goes!
As I sit here warming my toes, (and trying to keep the fire from going out) the thoughts that came to mind tonight were about what a great day of LLC (Living Life Creatively) I had today.
I finished my grades for one of the colleges and turned them in. I worked on my lines for FULLY COMMITTED which I'll be performing in very soon in Binghamton, NY (more on that later). I called one of the playwrights for the 10 Minute Play Festival with the Half Moon Theatre Company which is coming up this weekend and cleared some things up about the script. I got called in and auditioned for a feature film that is shooting in the Hudson Valley in a few weeks and I went to a tech rehearsal for the 10 Minute Play Festival where we set sound levels and blocked entrances and exits. Whew!
The audition for the feature was one of my favorite kinds of auditions (remember audition means to hear). You come in and talk to the director and producer. They get to know you, ask a few questions, you tell them what you've done and where you're from and then you leave. I love meeting filmmakers and creative people and I almost always enjoy talking with them, even if I don't "get the part". I've realized from my many years of doing this that worrying about an audition after you've done it makes the process not really worth it. What's the fun of auditioning for two minutes and then worrying for a week? (toxic thoughts...dump them!)
I try as much as I humanly can to focus on making a connection to the people and to the work and then moving on to the next project. Joy has come back into my life as a result of pursuing this way of working and I highly recommend it.
After the audition, I went to the tech rehearsal. We worked for hours, for free, to try to get the sound and light cues and entrances and exits just right. Why? Because it matters. Beginnings and endings matter. Making great theatre means making strong choices.
We were all engaged fully and when that happens there is an energy in the room that can be felt and used. We didn't get everything perfect, but we got to where we needed to be to give our audience a chance to get something from each of the 10 minute plays by our brilliant playwrights.
At the end of the night, I checked the old iPhone and received a lovely email from one of my students who had done an NPR type of profile piece on me for her Radio Journalism class this past semester. I think it turned out quite well and I'm going to post the link to it here.
She did a really nice job of reporting and letting what happened in class and during our interviews shape the piece. The ending is a funny "staged" bit that she came up with and we improvised around. If you have a few minutes, take a listen. Just click on the Soundcloud image and it'll take you there.
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Have a very creative night around your own campfires. Toast some marshmallows, drink some wine, play the guitar (or didgeridioo, like me). Enjoy Living Life Creatively!
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