The First Step to End Spiraling Self-Doubt
Do you know what is worse than flop sweating or a racing heartbeat? The stories we make up about them. When we go into panic mode (otherwise known as fight or flight) then we also tend to start spiraling into self-doubt and self-conscious thoughts.
That's why I created The Windmill Exercise which I've now taught to hundreds of performing artists at unions and universities and groups all over the U.S. It's great for getting you out of your head and into what I like to cal
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10 Reason to Take Your Performance Into Public Spaces
Have you ever wanted to try street performing?
It's pretty amazing when it's done well, don't you think?
Have you ever been going about your normal day and you find yourself feeling moved as a beautiful song reaches you from across the train station or you're struck with infectious energy as you watch an impressive dance crew whooping it up for some tourists?
Since, I'm asking you to go out and take your work into public spaces for the #PACLchallenge, I figured I should
10 Different Types of Street Performers
Street performing acts are as vast and varied as the imaginations of the artists who create them. And with the explosion of the internet and social media, I feel like the creativity of street performers has exploded as well and the bar has been set even higher. Street performing is the end-all-be-all guerrilla art activism . . . Don't want to wait for the audience to come to you? Then bring it to them! Right smack dab in the middle of the sidewalk! In order to get a pulse o
Why "Ghosting" and "Maybe" Are So Draining On You
Have you noticed this "ghosting" trend too?
You make plans with someone well in advance, but then they flake and cancel at the last minute?
Or you meet someone new and it feels like there is great chemistry with them as either a romantic partner or a creative partner, but then they 'ghost' you - mysteriously disappearing, never again responding as though they never existed?
Are you tired of being "ghosted?"
This flakiness or "ghosting" as some people are calling it is
