Yay-eek!
The Dean of my theatre school finally got back to me and set up our meeting... TONIGHT - with no notice.
I was expecting to go do some grocery shopping and then home to do chores - so I'm not really dressed for it, but I'm not turning down this meeting . Her time is really limited, so I have to leap when she's ready or I'll just end up being a pain in her ass. Not good enough. The time is now.
Tonight I make a play to positively and permanently affect the lives of the acting community. So many artists have to give up their dreams because of a lack of funds. There is not much support for the arts and with the demand that the baby boomers are about to put on our tax dollars at work - three guesses where the government will cut back... The same places it always does: education, medical and the arts - the sacrificial lambs whenever the budget's tight. I'd include the military - but who are we kidding???
I look forward to this being the first and LAST generation that requires the charity "PAL" - basically a half-way house for elderly actors without a penny to their name after a lifetime dedicated to their craft... It's SO sad to think of gifted people ending up that way, and as I now have the power to change that... I intend to change it. It's too late for the elderly - we can only take care of them now - but the young ones??? I can keep them off that path if they let me.
I'm a little nervous... but I'm also really excited about ending the days when artists are forced to make the impossible decision to give up their dream because of money. I look forward to creating a time when that's laughable - because they'll all have the power, knowledge and assistance to build and maintain a strong financial future. I look forward to teh day when artists are no longer reliant on charity; no longer have to do work that makes that's embarrassing because they needed the paycheque...
I am blessed to be able to give back to a school that gave me so much...
I am a lucky, lucky woman.
I was expecting to go do some grocery shopping and then home to do chores - so I'm not really dressed for it, but I'm not turning down this meeting . Her time is really limited, so I have to leap when she's ready or I'll just end up being a pain in her ass. Not good enough. The time is now.
Tonight I make a play to positively and permanently affect the lives of the acting community. So many artists have to give up their dreams because of a lack of funds. There is not much support for the arts and with the demand that the baby boomers are about to put on our tax dollars at work - three guesses where the government will cut back... The same places it always does: education, medical and the arts - the sacrificial lambs whenever the budget's tight. I'd include the military - but who are we kidding???
I look forward to this being the first and LAST generation that requires the charity "PAL" - basically a half-way house for elderly actors without a penny to their name after a lifetime dedicated to their craft... It's SO sad to think of gifted people ending up that way, and as I now have the power to change that... I intend to change it. It's too late for the elderly - we can only take care of them now - but the young ones??? I can keep them off that path if they let me.
I'm a little nervous... but I'm also really excited about ending the days when artists are forced to make the impossible decision to give up their dream because of money. I look forward to creating a time when that's laughable - because they'll all have the power, knowledge and assistance to build and maintain a strong financial future. I look forward to teh day when artists are no longer reliant on charity; no longer have to do work that makes that's embarrassing because they needed the paycheque...
I am blessed to be able to give back to a school that gave me so much...
I am a lucky, lucky woman.