Last sat a freind came over and yada yada yada we ended up going to my studio and doing a piece. She was able to relax with a little CBD oil and her work was intense and honest. This week I happened to brng a few people to the room…
letting go
it is hard and it usually starts with frustration, That is the feeling I can often associate to me about to say goodbye. I am annoyed or bothered on a regular basis about something and that is how I know it is phasing out of the future universe I am…
Patient and Accepting of other people journey…even when i want to pull their head off.
I transmute that frustration...and it is frustration... I am not a monk nor do I want to be. And, from what I have heard, Monks can also be very intense...warriors...all that pent up energy....- I am so proud of myself... Yes I want to redirect - Yes I want to…
A speaking FAST
Yesterday morning I said something to Steve, my hubby, that rubbed him the wrong way. I was too motherly, too concerned, too critical too me...basically. I tried to text him and sort it out but in the end the more I said my peace the more annoyed we both got.…
Tree Dancing
I AM UP IN THE BERKSHIRES. A part of Massachusetts that my parents have been coming to for 20 years. I love it here. There is a huge artistic community and days can be filled with creative observation. But this summer of 2020 is more of an empty vessel for…
Want a euphoric present? Rewrite your past.
I work with memories. New ones, old ones, false ones and forced ones. As an actor I have come to understand the power of believing a thought. if something "isn't working" during rehearsal...it is usually traced back to a belief system that the actor has. Their belief is then tweaked until…
This is not for me…but thank you.
Being able to open your mind up to a conversation that is not yours is a risk. Once you’re open, you become vulnerable, able to be seduced into another way of thinking. You might find yourself doing and believing in things that go against who you are at your core.…
Nothing to bite on
YOU CHANGED! Yes, I have figured out how to transmute energy in the micro second and although I often want to scream and yell like I used to...I smile and breath and take that energy and allow it to burn off more of my own ego. My ego that thinks…
Playing Melania
Working with a director that asks me to use my own personal past pains for a character is something I have often advised my students NOT to do. However, being in the situation myself it is not that easy to NOT do it. The director wants me to associate myself…
What if you had to play…
Having the dexterity of thought is important for actors. It causes us to be in the FLOW state often. Our belief system has to be let go of often. Abandoning your own point of view and entering into another perspective -challenges you to the core....questions your preconceived judgement and the…