And we're off!
Yesterday was our first read through of the first show of the season: "The Fox on the Fairway" written by Ken Ludwig. Its quite the fantastical farce. I was thrown a role that I was not expecting to receive: Dickie Bell, an unpleasant 40-something full of bonhomie (what does this word mean?), owner of The Crouching Squirrel Golf Club, pompous, loud, preppy.... the list goes on. Not only does approaching this character leave me a little weak-kneed, but the shear mention of 'farce' sends me through the roof. YIKES. It'll happen though: aren't we all loud, pompous and a little farcical at times?
But, today's LYA (letters to a young artist-Anna d. Smith) section is from her comments on procrastination. The reason being? Line memorization. Smith says many good things (like always) in this section but a few stood out to me:
"The main fuel for procrastination is thought" (43). Sometimes we focus too much on HOW MANY things must get done rather than JUST DOING IT. So, to refute that tendency is to just do what needs to be done. Duh. Too bad we're blessed with a mind that thinks.
Smith uses the phrase 'active avoidance' a lot in this section. What am I actively avoiding in my life? Sure, the occasional dish in the sink, line to be memorized, and note to write, but really; what am I running away constantly from? Not that this is a bad thing - I run away from bees quite often, and avoiding spam emails is a daily marathon - but I guess it could be as it takes up time from the things I want to be running toward.
Back to memorizing. Or maybe I'll go run. Active avoidance.
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