Growing & Efforting Part 2: Betterment of the Artist
“Self-help junkies, however, frequently mislabel their lack of real progress as intangible, internal, or psychological growth. If that inner growth is really present, one’s external reality will surely reflect it.”
–Steve Pavlina
Last update, I talked very briefly about Steve Pavlina’s “Self-Help Junkies” and how it applies to our creative endeavors. I wanted to leave […]
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Atlanta Area Actors, Agents and Alliteration!
I’ve been holding off for a while from talking about talent agents, but Thomas sent in a question to the comments and it seemed like a good time to at least begin touching on the subject. The reason I’ve held off for so long is because it can be quite complicated. Every actor seems to […]
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How to Interview and Audition Like a Magician
(you know you like the rhyme . . .)
”The real secret of magic lies in the performance.”
–David Copperfield
Magicians have a lot to teach this world. They do amazing things right in front of our eyes and they do it with a flair that cannot be beaten. Their style and performance are flawless and […]
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7 Habits of Highly Effective Actors
While sitting at my desk, staring off into space and contemplating what I’d like to write about today, my eyes settled on a copy of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. To be perfectly honest, I’ve never thought Covey’s book was anything all that special or innovative, but its ideas are […]
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Great Acting: Catching Lightning in a Bottle
“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does all the work.”
–Mark Twain
On stage today I suddenly knew just what I had done wrong all of those times before. It suddenly struck me what the difference was between my successful performances and my not so successful performances. Like a bolt from […]
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When Letting Go Is the Only Way to Live
”We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.”
– Joseph Campbell
In any project, performance or journey there is a point at which we must let go. This point isn’t the end of anything, it isn’t the culmination of […]
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