Whose Choice Is It Anyway
We all intuitively know that our choices in life tell us (and the world) a lot about ourselves. Ultimately, these choices define who we are. It can sentence us to a potential lifetime of regret or shame or to a confirmation of living by our values, which result in deep satisfaction. We can experience pride and joy as easily as shame and despair. What we choose to do and how we respond to the consequences of these choices will be the measure of us – both on screen and in the “real world.” It is not the “big story” that will always...
12 Things You Must Do To Be a Better Actor
THE 12 THINGS YOU MUST DO TO BECOME A BETTER ACTOR AKA THE 12 THINGS I BELIEVE MAY BE HELPFUL TO SOME, IF YOU PRACTICE THEM I have been doing this for a long time now. When I began this journey Mork and Mindy, Taxi, Barney Miller were the top shows on TV. The Shining, Raging Bull, Caddyshack, and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back were in the movie theatres. There was no World Wide Web, the iPod was 20 years away, the iPhone 26 years away and Mark Zuckerberg won't be born for 4 more years. The letters BIPOC and...
The Practice of Empathy
It’s a sad indictment of our contemporary society that empathy is disappearing as fast as the rainforests, leaving its toxic air and a barren emotional landscape behind. We all need to be more conscientious of our empathy reserves. It’s an unfortunate fact that we will all need to recover, rediscover and reaffirm our ‘well’ of empathy. Throughout this blog, I will lay out a number of do’s and don’ts in order to achieve this. Almost every trend in our current landscape is leading us away from the core of what it means to be a creative artist. How many...
The Power & Practice of Curiosity
CURIOSITY “THE ONLY TRUE WISDOM COMES TO EACH OF US WHEN WE REALIZE HOW LITTLE WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT LIFE, OURSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND US.” - Socrates “Curiouser and Curiouser”- Lewis Carroll It starts with curiosity. Curiosity breeds a desire to know. As your desire to know grows it requires the courage to go deeper, to acknowledge and discover truths you may not be willing to accept. To embrace the changes, it might ask of you. Discipline is required to overcome the fears and doubts that prevent you from being curious in the first place. Curiosity breeds empathy. How does curiosity affect us?There...
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