10:33 AM Fri, Jul 27, 2007 | Permalink sweeteditor
This past week I spent a lot of time out on Long Island, not on the beautiful lakes and parks but indoors, watching a totally different kind of beauty...people's imaginations and messages come to life...on the big screen.
You see last week was the East Coast version of the Sundance Film Festival... The Long Island Internatio...
Even though I love my work (and most of my "work" might as well be a hobby since it's what I would do, if I weren't doing it for a living anyway), I still on occasion just go out and do something without thinking about writing, blogging or doing a TV show about it. Which of course is weird because now I am about to write about this ...
As a performer you have to be able to pull your act together no matter what is happening in your life. To do that you have to be in the moment, the present moment onstage or the audience knows it. (Actually you should be in the moment in everything you do...can you imagine gazing into your loved ones eyes, eating dinner and thinking "Oh man, I forgot to change the cat litter"...would kind of ruin the moment.)
With all the means of fancy advertising, sometimes word of mouth still seems to be one of the best methods of getting booked. Such was the case with my latest gig where I was asked to be the keynote speaker presenting my Dare to Do it! Talk in front of a room full of world-class surgeons, breast cancer survivors and businesswomen who just needed a nice weekend away from the hubby and family.
