A few things to note...
It was lovely performing The Laramie Project when hate crime legislation finally passed and signed by Obama. Almost every night we had a nearly full house that cheered when we mentioned this during our curtain speech.
Even being a part of such a wonderful show, I still missed the pro's at PCS and the production of Ragtime I said good-bye to. When I went back to see the show at a matinee, I went back to my ladies afterwards and the squeels! It was glorious to feel so genuinely missed and glad to be seen again.
For a while I was feeling like Portland was going to be similar to my time in Chicago, there for about 7 years. I'm not so sure anymore. Maybe it's the fall, or my deepening Saturn return, or the rain, but I'm feeling less and less fulfilled as an artist here, specifically as a performer. So depending on what happens with my upcoming callback for Kindertransport, I may head back to NYC/NJ for January. Help my folks go through the house before their retirement, bring some of my things back to Portland or donate them and hit the boards. A union friend from NYC is pretty sure I can get some wig overhire work on Broadway and I have enough theatre contacts and Backstage to just go to a fuck-ton of auditions too. And maybe do a few salon performances of The Peasant's Bible again. We'll see. I tend to get itchy and feel unfulfilled in the winter, but it's hitting early this season. Usually I feel this way in February.
Maybe it's because I'm allowing myself the time to think and breathe. I didn't book a performance this winter so I can take union work - ended up doing extra work in a movie, Gus Van Sant's latest, yesterday. It's giving me time to finish a mask commission too. Pensive is it's theme. Quite appropriate. And I just found a recipe for environmentally friendly wallpaper adhesive, so I'm going to try using that to make the mask and see what happens! *fingers crossed* Just need to find a place to buy alum and clove oil tomorrow. Then eco friendly paints. I already use recycled paper bags for the paper mache, so I'm getting a little green mask making going! :-)
Oddly enough, that's part of the pull back east too. They need more help becoming environmentally friendly than Portland does.
I'm keeping myself open to the Universe. And it's never failed. Surprised me, but frequently that's the best part. :-)
Even being a part of such a wonderful show, I still missed the pro's at PCS and the production of Ragtime I said good-bye to. When I went back to see the show at a matinee, I went back to my ladies afterwards and the squeels! It was glorious to feel so genuinely missed and glad to be seen again.
For a while I was feeling like Portland was going to be similar to my time in Chicago, there for about 7 years. I'm not so sure anymore. Maybe it's the fall, or my deepening Saturn return, or the rain, but I'm feeling less and less fulfilled as an artist here, specifically as a performer. So depending on what happens with my upcoming callback for Kindertransport, I may head back to NYC/NJ for January. Help my folks go through the house before their retirement, bring some of my things back to Portland or donate them and hit the boards. A union friend from NYC is pretty sure I can get some wig overhire work on Broadway and I have enough theatre contacts and Backstage to just go to a fuck-ton of auditions too. And maybe do a few salon performances of The Peasant's Bible again. We'll see. I tend to get itchy and feel unfulfilled in the winter, but it's hitting early this season. Usually I feel this way in February.
Maybe it's because I'm allowing myself the time to think and breathe. I didn't book a performance this winter so I can take union work - ended up doing extra work in a movie, Gus Van Sant's latest, yesterday. It's giving me time to finish a mask commission too. Pensive is it's theme. Quite appropriate. And I just found a recipe for environmentally friendly wallpaper adhesive, so I'm going to try using that to make the mask and see what happens! *fingers crossed* Just need to find a place to buy alum and clove oil tomorrow. Then eco friendly paints. I already use recycled paper bags for the paper mache, so I'm getting a little green mask making going! :-)
Oddly enough, that's part of the pull back east too. They need more help becoming environmentally friendly than Portland does.
I'm keeping myself open to the Universe. And it's never failed. Surprised me, but frequently that's the best part. :-)