January 10, 2006

everybody's workin

After a 2.5+ year of theatrical hiatus, I was allowed to indulge in my favorite of activities for 2 whole weeks. I SMed the workshop for the lovelies of Baba Yaga Productions, and although my favorite parts were limited to a weekend (building, lighting, pushing buttons), It was really nice to return to that viewpoint and look out again at my life.

I'm so glad I didn't go to college as an 18yo to study acting. I'm also glad I decided against professional stage management. I'm starting to realize more and more that my passion in life will likely be unpaid, and I'm starting to believe in that being a good thing. I don't want my passion to support me, I want it to inspire me. So I'm going to become a happy bus driver. Or a happy locksmith. Or a happy furniture sander. Anything that allows me time to jump out of the bushes with an ice cream sandwich when you've had a bad day, spend a week sewing myself a cowgirl outfit, or hook myself up to a pulley system 3 times a week to drop a friend out of the ceiling in a production of questionable quality.

Posted by Sonya at January 10, 2006 11:53 AM
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Questionable quality but impeccable casting.

Posted by: flamingbanjo at January 10, 2006 12:52 PM

No doubt. The finest casting available in these united states, and overall a very interesting and fun production---of questionable quality.

Posted by: sonya at January 10, 2006 12:54 PM

people keep asking me why i keep my desk job and don't try to make money doing things they consider me to be talented at. i don't want my talent to make money for me. i hate money. i want my talent to make fun for me. and from what i have seen, they just don't mix. so i sit at my desk job and work - it's a nice job - and i spend my talent on the weekends. keep up the good works - real payoffs are never measured in currency.

Posted by: amy.leblanc at January 10, 2006 01:39 PM

My little brother used to ask me when I was going to "make it". I told him I already had and was trying to hang on to it. I do work that I like in theatre and I have a job that I love that makes me proud. I would hate to have my art be my bread and butter, then I wouldn't be able to choose. I'd HAVE to take whatever was offered. Success is what you think it is, no?

Posted by: JtotheP at January 10, 2006 03:54 PM

I think that can explain me now. I can't say that I have found my passion, but I don't think it will be my bread and butter. Or maybe I'll be so wildly successful that it will carry me. I don't know.

(If I may be so bold...) I think you've just made a very large step (realization) toward a stable life view. Just my opinion. Swami Sonya.

Posted by: nathaniel at January 10, 2006 10:15 PM

Way over here, on the other side of the continent, I agree with every bit of my being.

Posted by: corey jo at January 11, 2006 02:13 PM