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More on literary criticism

So I’ve been thinking about some of this a lot, specifically because I’ve been reading a lot more contemporary works lately (brushing up, looking for monologue material, reading good work in order to write better work), and I get especially enthusiastic about it when I’m coming down off a caffeine high (I drink coffee inContinue reading “More on literary criticism”

Clown Care

This last fall I started a job that epitomizes what I feel is the best use of a theatrical and artistic career: I clown for children at the hospital. No, we don’t walk in and just start ignorantly trying to make children laugh through their tears. And as I’ve known quite a few people withContinue reading “Clown Care”

Stephen Adly Guirgis

Dear Mr. Guirgis, I know you’ll never read this. I’m just a struggling dancer/actor in Miami with a tiny little blog. But I want you to know: I am a big fan. You just write with a depth of understanding and nuance of character that… well, I deeply respect. For a literary nerd who had begun toContinue reading “Stephen Adly Guirgis”

Ahimsa vs. the need to create

For anyone into yoga, ahimsa isn’t a foreign concept: it means simply “non-harming.” For some, this includes abstaining from eating animal products, for many it means abstaining from intentional causing harm to another living being, be it through one’s own actions, words and thoughts. But what about unintentional harm? I think often about the factContinue reading “Ahimsa vs. the need to create”

Pushing past obstacles

Obstacles are a reality of life. They’ll come, they’ll go and some will seem too difficult to overcome. In which case, go around. 🙂 Unfortunately, going around isn’t always the best tactic though. Sometimes there’s more to be learned in the struggle of climbing and conquering that seemingly insurmountable rock than taking the easy path andContinue reading “Pushing past obstacles”

Defining yourself

How do we define ourselves? As the new year begins, and we turn to think of new beginnings, resolutions and fresh starts, I find myself asking this question over and over again – probably because it’s at the core of any new, continuing or changing behavior. Am I an actor? A writer? A dancer? A teacher? OrContinue reading “Defining yourself”

Happy 2016!

It’s January 1st, 2016! Have you had your black-eyed peas and collard greens? Have you made your resolutions? This year I hope to bridge the gap of “what I think I do” vs. “what other people think I do.” I know that sounds like an odd resolution to resolve, but hear me out here. It’s one thingContinue reading “Happy 2016!”

Merry Christmas 2015!

Hello world! It’s interesting how the years just fly by anymore. Halloween came and went. Thanksgiving came and went. Christmas has come and gone. It felt like these holidays USED TO BE far more of AN EVENT when we were younger – something to build towards, anticipate, and hope for. Now, they’re just another day. Usually anotherContinue reading “Merry Christmas 2015!”

Ballet for Skaters

Currently, I serve as a Ballet Coach for competitive ice skaters. So contact me if you need private ballet lessons. 🙂 This has been an interesting transition from my world of competitive gymnastics – I remember when I had my optional floor routine choreographed for me years ago that I almost immediately wanted to create choreographies for otherContinue reading “Ballet for Skaters”

40,000 words

So I have hit the 40,000 word mark into the first book of my Theater Door series. It’s funny; before you start out on an adventure, you have all of these preconceived ideas about how things will happen and fall into place, whether it’s visiting a place you’ve never been before or starting a newContinue reading “40,000 words”

Pushing forward

Writing 50,000 words in a month is a challenge. Oy! I haven’t hit the halfway point and I’ve already done more than I’ve ever done towards a single writing project. And I have to keep this up for another two weeks? It’s discouraging to have to miss a day, but yesterday I had one ofContinue reading “Pushing forward”

NaNoWriMo 2015

HELLO BLOG WORLD! So this is my first year participating in NaNoWriMo, or “National Novel Writing Month,” the month of my birth, November. This is mainly because I had never heard of it before this year; I thankfully noticed a VERY casual mention in a magazine sometime in mid-October, and decided that it was theContinue reading “NaNoWriMo 2015”

NaNoWriMo

So I’ve committed to writing my novel in a month with http://www.nanowrimo.org, the nonprofit that organizes the National Novel Writing Month where writers work to finish 50,000 words towards a novel in the matter of a month, specifically November. That’s all. I just caught up all my writing for the first few days; it’s amazing howContinue reading “NaNoWriMo”

By the way…

My fiancee is of the supreme belief that “I need to have SOMETHING to worry about.” Trust me, I fretted over the use of the “F-word” in that last blog. For a girl who worked a stint at a Catholic Elementary/Middle School, volunteers by teaching dance at a Lutheran Church and generally lives a G-ratedContinue reading “By the way…”

I’m too old.

“And once a boy has suffered rejection, he will find rejection even where it does not exist – or, worse, will draw it forth from people simply by expecting it.” -John Steinbeck It’s hard to stay optimistic. Period. I could say “it’s hard to stay optimistic in this society” or “it’s hard to stay optimisticContinue reading “I’m too old.”