The Choreographer's Guild
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I’m proud to be a member of the brand new choreographer’s guild
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Mind Body Flow at Blue Soul Yoga
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I’m delivering my Mind Body Flow class at Blue Soul Yoga.
Read MoreTOP TEN HORROR select "Blood, Water, Dust"
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Thrilled that my pilot script “Blood, Water, Dust” has made it into the TOP TEN HORROR selects for ISA Table Read Austin.
Read MoreSolidarity, Credit, Justice, Security
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I’m so thrilled to help the US Choreographers Guild get rolling. After years of feeling alone as I shouted into the wind, it's so amazing to be part of something larger,
Read MoreBodies, Borders & Belonging - New Screening
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The film of 'Bodies, Borders & Belonging', which the students on my Creativity & Collaboration course helped to co-create, has been selected for the Flickfair Film Festival.
Read MoreHAC21 Pitch Deck
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We’ve been working on our pitch deck for the doc series ‘How to be an Anticapitalist in the 21st Century’.
Read MoreWhy Be An Anticapitalist?
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We are at a tipping point. The climate is in crisis, the pandemic has upended the traditional role of work in our lives, and millions of people are left wondering if democracy still works. We need to make a decision. We need to ask ourselves, as a society, do we have a responsibility to look out for all, or only ourselves?
Read MoreWords to Live By
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I was out to lunch with my sister and she mentioned this quote from Arthur Ashe. It really stuck with me. Because so often we jump ahead of ourselves, or try and do something without the necessary resources, or we’re hard on ourselves when we are unable to save or change the entire world.
Read MoreCreative Tips
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Tip #2
Challenge perfectionism
For all of you perfectionists out there, this is a really useful tip. We often pressure ourselves to do great, or to be the greatest. But this is a pretty high pedestal to fall from. Instead, when we practice consistently, without worrying about being perfect, we get good at being consistent with our practice. And this is a much more sustainable way to make progress. Whether you’re building a new creative habit, trying to lose weight, improve your fitness or write that novel., this principle applies.
2020 Was a Year About Perspective
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When you look down on a landscape from the window of an airplane, it’s often unrecognizable. But as you descend, those abstract patterns become ordinary things: trees, houses, rivers, fields. When you are stuck, a change in perspective often leads to inspiration .
Read MoreI.S.A. Writing Fellow
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Congratulations to Litza Bixler, the International Screenwriters' Association Fellow to the 2020 October Narrative Lab. . The team at ISA had this to say about the project: "There is a voice here that we really responded to, sort of like a westerner’s take on a Miyazaki film. It’s whimsical, clever while still being emotional and approachable." We thank the team at ISA for their continued support.
What Does it Mean to Be Productive?
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Here in the US, a lawyer recently wrote an opinion piece that questioned whether we should really be tanking our economy in order to save a few unproductive elderly people. After all, he mused, they are a drain on society, and they are no longer productive. Really, they should gladly lay down their lives in order to preserve a strong economy for future generations. This got me thinking, how much is a life actually worth? And what does it mean to be productive?
Read MoreIllustrating Burn-Out
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Little Match Girl
Is burning herself out
After a long period of making and writing and painting and developing… I needed a break. This painting illustrates the concept of burn out. We all experience this at one time or another. This is why it’s so important to replenish ourselves. Sleep, eat, laugh, hold hands, cuddle a pet, watch a disaster movie, etc. Whatever your jam, give yourself a chance to re-boot.
Think of how flowering plants feel after a summer’s worth of blooms. They retreat. They hunker down. They hibernate. So as spring approaches, I’ll be venturing out into the garden to dig and prepare the ground for growth. And as I do, maybe my mind can prepare my creativity for growth as well.
Creative Tip:
Try planting several seeds in your garden or in a pot (literally, go on, plant some). And as you do, imagine each one of those seeds is an idea. Now, let those ideas percolate in your mind. Water them, give them light and a bit of fertilizer. Then watch them grow.
Nasal Breathing How To
/In this video I walk you through nasal breathing. It’s good for heart health, stress and circulation. Read more about the benefits here.