I’ve been performing I Will Be Good for a couple years now, and like performers everywhere, many times I’ve performed under some duress. Once I performed the day my husband lost his job. Another when I was so ill, I slept under a conference room table until the very last minute before curtain. Often in less than ideal conditions — caterers loudly setting up in the next room, technological glitches during the show, and, of course, the dreaded cell phones that ring mid-performance. Each time, I come out stronger as a performer — increasing my endurance, sharpening my concentration. [Read more…] about What I Learned From a Terrorist Threat
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Quote of the Week for Sept. 12
“The future has many names. For the weak it is unattainable. For the fearful it is the unknown. For the bold it is opportunity.” — Victor Hugo
Quote of the Week for Sept. 5
“If the nightingale sings with her breast against a thorn, why not we?” — Susan Gilbert Dickinson to Emily Dickinson in 1861
Quote of the Week for Aug. 29
“To travel hopefully is better than to arrive.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
Quote of the Week for Aug. 1
“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.” — Pablo Picasso