The Importance of Paradigm Shifting when Preparing for a Role
I want to give a shout out to Alan Watts (who I will thank again next week) and Thomas Kuhn who coined the Phrase "Paradigm Shifting" in 1996 when I first came across his book. The two men have had a profound impact on the development of my brain in terms of non linear thinking. I couldn't do what I do without their guidance. Their influence will be woven into the blog below and the one to follow next week. “You can’t understand someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes” This line originates in a poem called Judge...
Why the Artist Needs To See Beyond Politics: Lessons Learned from a Visit to Cracker Barrel
If you've ever gone on a road trip through the US of A ("the land of the best and the worst" according to Leonard Cohen), you may have noticed these cathedrals of excessive calories and poor culinary taste in nearly every State. Their orange signs point skyward above the roadside trees as you speed along the interstate. I am talking about the chain of restaurants called Cracker Barrel. These establishments exude an atmosphere of old America. As you approach the door along a covered porch, you pass rocking chairs that gently sway in the breeze, as if inhabited by the...
It's About Getting Better, Not Booking
Step 8: It’s about getting better, not booking. Don’t measure your success by comparing yourself to others. I tried it. It doesn’t work. Let’s get this cliche out of the way “A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.” Even if you manifest a future where booking is the goal you still (logically) must do it one step at a time. Pointing to your goal is like pointing at the moon and expecting to be standing on it. Yes, you need a plan and a vision, but first, you need clarity of being. Your mind and...
The 12 Things You Must Do to Become 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...
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