You ask about the hardest creative project we’ve done and how doubt played a role in it…
Late this summer I was asked to mentor a middle school child for a theater project. This would involve writing a 10 minute scene that would be performed by me and this child. There would be 5 other mentor/apprentice teams doing the same. These 6 scenes would be woven into a larger play. The theme is discovery and the children are preparing for a science fair.
I emailed the artistic director a lengthy note on why I wasn’t a good choice for this. I am not a writer. My attempts at other theater writing projects proved that I was a fraud. And on and on. She didn’t accept my ‘no’. She saw something in me that I didn’t.
Three months later we are now in rehearsal with our performances slated for the first two weekends in November. These past months have pushed me harder than I’ve ever experienced. I even wrote lyrics for a song that my apprentice (Mica) and I will sing! I have enjoyed every minute of it. :)
You ask about the hardest creative project we’ve done and how doubt played a role in it…
Late this summer I was asked to mentor a middle school child for a theater project. This would involve writing a 10 minute scene that would be performed by me and this child. There would be 5 other mentor/apprentice teams doing the same. These 6 scenes would be woven into a larger play. The theme is discovery and the children are preparing for a science fair.
I emailed the artistic director a lengthy note on why I wasn’t a good choice for this. I am not a writer. My attempts at other theater writing projects proved that I was a fraud. And on and on. She didn’t accept my ‘no’. She saw something in me that I didn’t.
Three months later we are now in rehearsal with our performances slated for the first two weekends in November. These past months have pushed me harder than I’ve ever experienced. I even wrote lyrics for a song that my apprentice (Mica) and I will sing! I have enjoyed every minute of it. :)
Nadia Bloz-Weber just posted on the same conference at GGSC!
I loved meeting Nadia so much!! What an amazing person.
Oh my gosh! i love this project! I love how you pushed yourself! I love how you went all the way to the edge and found the rewards. Amazing!
Good stuff. Will dig deeper.