Year of the Creative Dragon
Me and Laura
I’ve had this blog for a while now and have only scratched the surface of what I’m really focused on and interested in.
Lovely ladies of the One Day Play - Karen, Beth and Laura
Much like my life over the past four years.
But 2012 is the Year of the Dragon. And things are going to be different.
The Dragon is a creature of myth and legend. A symbol of good fortune and sign of intense power, the Eastern Dragon is regarded as a divine beast – the reverse of the malicious monster that Westerners felt necessary to find and slay. In Eastern philosophy, the Dragon is said to be a deliverer of good fortune and a master of authority.
The dragon has a fire in it’s belly. It is beautiful and strong and knows what it wants. I think anyone would want to strive for that. This will be my Year of the Creative Dragon.
Me and John Paul
I’m giving myself a mission. Three times a week, I’ll post something about working in and creating a life in the arts: maybe a picture, a question, something inspiring, an essay about the state of the arts or an experience I’ve had.
A lot of people are doing 365 Day challenges since it’s the start of the new year. I know myself and know I need to work into things slowly. So I’m going for three times a week instead – which is better than once every couple months.
This is going to be a good year. I rang it in with people I love doing something I love: theater.
The Afterparty
Yesterday, I met a bunch of actors at the Eclectic Company Theatre at 7am and we began to rehearse a full length play that was only finished at about 6:45, written by a group of writers who had started the night before. By 8pm last night, we had a full show and performed it twice in front of a paying audience. Then we drank champagne and celebrated the coming of a new year.
Our favorite theater couple, David and Megh.
The One Day Play is a highly condensed version of the process you go through when producing and performing a normal play – the discovery, the highs, the lows, the bonding, the frustration – all the steps are taken in the span of twelve hours. I’ve been on the writing end before but had never directed one until yesterday – and while I was kinda dreading it, worried I would freeze up and not know what to do and that everyone would think I’m an idiot – it was incredibly fun, incredibly exhausting and incredibly cathartic. I wouldn’t have wanted to ring in the new year any other way.
Good luck to everyone in 2012!
