Category Archives: Self Identity

Blinders and Dung

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – I like getting older. I like it because every ten years or so my brain explodes. Neurons fire, cells increase, memories connect and event after event that I absorb in life expands … Continue reading →

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The Star and the Coward

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouraging Words for Those in the Entertainment Industry – The year before I went to act at the Shakespeare Theatre Company* in Washington, D.C., I caught one of their productions which featured a beautiful and well known film actress … Continue reading →

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My Girl Super Hero

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouraging Words for Those in the Entertainment Industry – When I was a little girl, I spent a lot of time watching television.  In my fantasies, I always made up a girl hero and inserted her into … Continue reading →

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My Fanny and Me

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouraging Words for Those in the Entertainment Industry – In my early New York actress days, I had a boyfriend who once made the uninvited remark that I was perfect in every way except “from here to … Continue reading →

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Pizza and a Toilet Brush

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – Before my sister lived in Spain (see my previous post), she and her family lived in Colombia for two years.  One evening while ordering pizza, she realized she’d forgotten to … Continue reading →

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A Small Life

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – Recently for the first time in my life I found myself on unemployment. This had never happened to me before. Many people would be discouraged, but I relished the time.  … Continue reading →

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