Usually after a show closes, I get sick. All the stress and adrenaline that have been keeping me running for however many months of rehearsal + tech + performance take a vacation and leave my body defenseless. And my body says, “Girlfriend, you need a nap. I’m gonna zap you with a cold so you stay in bed and take long hot soaks in the tub.” Zing! Since Hedda Gabler opened last Thursday, my brain has gone numb. I had so many blog posts churning in my head when I didn’t have time to write them. Now that I have time to write them, they’ve vanished. I have them captured on my little “Future Blog Posts” list, but the creative energy required in order to bring those ideas coherently to fruition just wants to be left alone to play sudoku and read escapist fiction
We’ve been rehearsing since the last week in February. We are currently immersed in the tech/dress process and the play opens tomorrow night. I’m exhausted. The actors, the stage manager, tech director, props mistress and costumer are all ready to set this play free and let it be what it will be. I am curious to see how audiences will react. I’ve grown too close, too myopic, too familiar to be objective at this point. The actors are ready for an audience. Will the audiences laugh? Certainly there is some fun to be had. Deep breath. I am feeling a bit worn out, strung out and very emotional. I’m low on self-care and high (as in flying) on Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Opening night is just slightly more than 24 hours away
Do you engage in a creative practice outside your main art form? If so, how does that practice inform your work? Or does it? Is there something else you’ve longed to try? What do you do to stretch your creative muscles? What can you do that will keep your vision fresh? For me it’s iPhone photography. These are pics shot and edited with my iPhone 3G for the iPhone photography class I’m taking. I’m having a blast with the class and learning tons. It’s very technical and my mind doesn’t grok technical easily. I’m a complete newbie to using any kind of camera. But I’ve always been fascinated with photos that aren’t your typical family vacation/reunion photos
Here’s the deal with inspiration. Inspiration is lovely, but it isn’t reliable. It arrives unexpectedly at odd hours in odd places, but you can’t rely on it and it rarely provides you with enough fuel to carry you through to completion. If you wait for inspiration to arrive before you begin, you may never begin. And if you give up when it disappears, you will give up too soon
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