What Actors Know, Self-With-Others & Other Writings
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The Joy of being Left Alone
See that small mark? It’s almost nothing. I’d miss it if I wasn’t looking. Two days ago it was the focus of everything. Through that small hole, a tube was inserted. Through the tube, dye was injected into my heart. I lay beneath a huge camera which revealed the deepest workings of my physical being.…
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Spring Arrives Suddenly
… but ‘sudden’ is an illusion…… Photo by Casper van Battum on Unsplash Spring arrives suddenly. I walk the wild of my garden, amid young trees that one day will be a forest if left enough alone. They’re beech trees. The deep brown leaves of last year cling on through the winter, clothing them in…
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The Interconnected Self
From very early in life we’re taught to live a lie. I call it the myth of The Isolated Self. We’re taught to believe we’re separate from other people, nature, the world, even from those closest to us. Writer Charles Eisenstein calls it ‘the myth of separation’. Like all myths, it contains some truth. We’re…
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Don’t believe feedback
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Life’s an improvisation
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I talk to my car
He makes me a better person. I talk to my car. Doing so makes me a better person. I also talk to my cooker, paintbrushes and washing machine. Sometimes I talk to the gravel on the drive, but I admit I worry the neighbours might hear. My relationship with things I talk to is real.…
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Joy is your Birthright!
Do you believe in the wisdom of Joy? Joy’s not a destination you trudge towards through valleys of misery. Joy is the path. Joy is your guide. Joy is the clean air you breathe, the water you drink, and the birdsong you hear as you travel. Joy is the life-force. It’s our birthright. A child…
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Finding Flow
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Your Art doesn’t matter.
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We all want praise, but….
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