Sorry for the radio silence!
I'm back in Chicago from my three months in sunny Mexico. Woe is me!
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(honest to God, I sat on this beach. ridiculous.)
I was happily directing the brand new international artist residency in Akumal aptly titled the Akumal International Artist Residency. (Click on the link if you want to know more about that wild and crazy experience. There is a blog on the website as well, tracking the adventures!) I met wonderful artists and helped them share themselves and their work with the sleepy seaside community of Akumal and its neighbors. Many wonderful events and happenings occurred for which I am grateful-- Cesan showed us how to paint with the sun, Katarina showed us young confidence, Magda introduced us to a mermaid, Naomi made us see with our eyes closed, Aaron taught us perspective and Sarah stood in the water for 12 hours making us think and more, more, more! So many vivid experiences on the Mayan riviera. Such a 10 weeks! And now I'm back.
It's a little cold.
I'm getting resettled in my new home in the midwest. Transitions are hard.
Improv shows us that transitions can be important and not something just to blow past on the way to what's next, that the transition can have meaning and maybe even...lead to whats next -- a different "what's next" than you thought. That's why I love long-form improv -- transitions can be fun! So, let's look at what you have to do to make that work on stage.
First of all, you have to be present, pay attention -- look, listen.
You also need to say yes to what you're gifted. Just take it.
And perhaps most importantly, you need to play. You have to be willing to play. Play the game, play the ride, play the impulse.
Just follow the flow, and voila! you're in the next scene. Magic.
So, maybe that's true in life's transitions too! Maybe at these points in our lives that are uncertain, wobbly even, we just need to look and listen, say yes to what the universe presents us...and play.
Let's both try it and see what happens. Deal?
As always, your comments and questions are welcome. Would be nice to converse...
(not Converse---the running shoes. Just to be clear. Ah, ocean brain.)
I'm back in Chicago from my three months in sunny Mexico. Woe is me!
I was happily directing the brand new international artist residency in Akumal aptly titled the Akumal International Artist Residency. (Click on the link if you want to know more about that wild and crazy experience. There is a blog on the website as well, tracking the adventures!) I met wonderful artists and helped them share themselves and their work with the sleepy seaside community of Akumal and its neighbors. Many wonderful events and happenings occurred for which I am grateful-- Cesan showed us how to paint with the sun, Katarina showed us young confidence, Magda introduced us to a mermaid, Naomi made us see with our eyes closed, Aaron taught us perspective and Sarah stood in the water for 12 hours making us think and more, more, more! So many vivid experiences on the Mayan riviera. Such a 10 weeks! And now I'm back.
It's a little cold.
I'm getting resettled in my new home in the midwest. Transitions are hard.
Improv shows us that transitions can be important and not something just to blow past on the way to what's next, that the transition can have meaning and maybe even...lead to whats next -- a different "what's next" than you thought. That's why I love long-form improv -- transitions can be fun! So, let's look at what you have to do to make that work on stage.
First of all, you have to be present, pay attention -- look, listen.
And perhaps most importantly, you need to play. You have to be willing to play. Play the game, play the ride, play the impulse.
So, maybe that's true in life's transitions too! Maybe at these points in our lives that are uncertain, wobbly even, we just need to look and listen, say yes to what the universe presents us...and play.
Let's both try it and see what happens. Deal?
As always, your comments and questions are welcome. Would be nice to converse...
(not Converse---the running shoes. Just to be clear. Ah, ocean brain.)
