It's a weird, weird thing to feel that a year may have been personally a pretty great one but historically a very challenging one.


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Jill Bernard talked to our Vancouver ensemble group about the idea of the Improviser as Puppet AND Puppeteer. She recommended that improvisers should spend less time being the puppeteer (in their own head, making deliberate moves and thinking through things) and more time being the puppet (acting on impulse, enjoying the ride, making the most of ( Read more... )

I am back in Austin after my whirlwind 19-day Asia tour of Korea, China, and Japan. Holy shit, it was ( Read more... )

I'm waiting for paint to dry at The Hideout, so I might as well write something I was thinking about today.

I need to start using my time better. I mean, I always say this, but I had a more, well, productive thought about it today.

I need to say yes to mainly and mostly the things I am very, very excited about doing. I need to stop saying yes to ( Read more... )

Every day I fight a mental battle with myself. I push to center myself. I push to release the fear of failing, the fear of not being good enough. Fear rears up its ugly head in so many ways. Fear of losing friends. Fear of making enemies. Fear of creating less-than-great improv and ordinary paintings. Sloppy paintings ( Read more... )

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2011 was an amazing year. So many great events, and LOTS of personal growth for me. I also hit almost every single one of my goals for 2011. Here is a sample of the big events and happenings of 2011 for me, told in order in pictures and short sentences.


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Lots of stuff, lots of stuff going on, sports fans!

House renovations:

I painted the yellow room white and bought a new white sheer-ish curtain. Roy removed the carpet and installed faux wood flooring (it looks great!). Now we just have to get quarter-round installed, move the furniture back in, and our room will be finished! This is my studio/Roy's ( Read more... )

I've been in Vermont a total of 7 full days. This is taking into account that I had to take 4 days off last week for the Atlanta Holy 1960s Batman, Batman! trip. In that time I made 3 dessert paintings and one 5x7" painting of bacon.
As I've been here I've began to learn that if I really buckle down, put the time in and focus, I can make a new ( Read more... )

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