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Imposters
A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – Lately I’ve been feeling unsuccessful. Yet the thing is, a whole lot of things are happening which some people would consider success. Which people? People in my head? No, real … Continue reading
The house, the book and the song
A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – I bought a house. It has lots of problems. But it’s on a quiet street in a safe neighborhood near everyone I used to love. And yet they’re not really … Continue reading
A Lesson from the Afterlife
A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – It is good to be the Queen. Until your new husband accidentally poisons you to death in trying to kill your child when he is home on a sabbatical from … Continue reading
Blinders and Dung
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
Protected: On Fire at Second City
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Death in a Blue Spotlight
A Big Life: Encouragement for People in the Arts – Once a long time ago I was cast in a really bad musical. The story was one of quirky Americana about the Wild West. I played a pioneer girl who didn’t get the … Continue reading
The Cameraman in the Closet
A Big Life: Encouraging Words for Those in the Entertainment Industry – “The closeted people are ready!” It was the end of a long night shooting a bedroom scene. The camera guys were shut tight inside a tiny closet. One of … Continue reading
The Star and the Coward
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
Zen and the Art of Losing Your Life
A Big Life: Encouraging Words for Those in the Entertainment Industry – One snowy night when I was a college student, I met a smart, flirty guy who was an expert at Backgammon. I had never played before. We sat … Continue reading