The First Step Toward Lasting Fitness
“Fitness - If it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body.”
–Cher
I wanted to take a few minutes today and talk about a category that I’m going to add to the Alchemist. Fitness is very important to the actor because not only are our bodies our instruments and must be cared for, […]
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Growing & Efforting Part 4: How to Ally with Your Fears
“We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together and if we are to live together we have to talk.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
There are only two prevailing reasons for why anyone does anything: to avoid pain or gain pleasure. […]
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Growing & Efforting Part 3: Propensity for Fear
“Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.”
–Fulton Oursler
Fear is a funny thing when you come right down to it. It can save our lives or it can ruin them forever. Fear can cause a wondrous change, or keep us in ugly stagnation. […]
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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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Are You Growing, or Just Efforting?
When it comes to personal growth and self-improvement, I am one of those people who can’t wait to jump in. I love the idea of always having a something to work on within myself. I started this website out of my belief that the bettering of art can only come through the bettering of the […]
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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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