Category Archives: Writing

What I Want

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts –  I said to the wanting creature inside me, what is this river you want to cross? On the other side of the water, the eagles stand, close enough to see … Continue reading →

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Fired

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts –  To be a success at anything in life seems to mean to be of service to others. This doesn’t mean the service is always acknowledged. That’s not the point. Sometimes … Continue reading →

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Forty-five Fifteen

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts –  At the start of the pandemic, it was grey out, cold and raining. My shelter in place when things closed down in March of 2020 became an oceanside town in … Continue reading →

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Rubber Bullets and the Cats of Gili Meno

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts –  “Don’t worry. It is safe.” This was the voice of my Hong Kong tour guide on the phone last summer giving me advice on whether I should go on a … Continue reading →

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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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Houses with Secret Rooms

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts  – When I was a little girl I used to sit in the fields above my house on a hill and hide in the tall grass. I would tramp it down … Continue reading →

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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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Protected: On Fire at Second City

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Katie Bennett

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Histamines and Hormones

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life:  Encouraging Words for Those in the Entertainment Industry – Spring in Portland is a cheerful, vividly green pitter-patter time. Frogs are noisy, the snakes are out and even the spiders are starting to unwind from the giant … Continue reading →

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You Picked It

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Katie Bennett

A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – This blog is intended to give encouragement to actors, writers, producers, teachers, directors, crew, designers, artists, agents, managers, stylists, photographers, editors, musicians, singers, models and dancers in the entertainment industry. … Continue reading →

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