Category Archives: Teaching

Hard Words in the Snow

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts –  Snow Day! Today is a snow day for schools on the coast! Checking the district website, I confirmed this at 6:40 a.m. this morning. The information was as clear on … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Day Job

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – A couple of years ago when I was working as a featured actor on a commercial, a couple of extras waiting to go on asked me if performing was all … Continue reading →

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Singing Ugly

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts  – Last spring I lost my voice. This was a true disaster. In two days I was due to travel to New York to begin study with a world famous voice … Continue reading →

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Lonesome Some More

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – It is hard to be honest. Lots of people don’t like it. I don’t even like it when people are honest with me. A good friend told me once, “People don’t want … Continue reading →

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Full Circle

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Katie Bennett

 A Big Life:  Encouragement for People in the Arts – “Resiliency, not perfection, is the signature of greatness.” Jim Collins, author of Built to Last – When I first began my working life as a young college grad I moved … Continue reading →

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Becoming Closer

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life:  Encouraging Words for Those in the Entertainment Industry – Once I had a summer fling with a beautiful, intelligent man. While we were together we had some major differences and I pondered hard whether I really wanted this.  … Continue reading →

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Pinning the Tail on the Future

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – On my seventh birthday I remember running excitedly down the grassy yard alongside the house where we lived on Pacific Terrace.  I was to have a big party that afternoon complete with … Continue reading →

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When in Spain…Do as the Children Do

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go. – writer Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy One summer after a busy year of … Continue reading →

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Both Sides of the Lights

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – “If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from … Continue reading →

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My Secret Life

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – In a competitive business like the entertainment industry, there are a lot of jobs I’m not going to get.  Obviously. If you’re out here pounding the pavement with me you … Continue reading →

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