…where Performance meets Psychology
…where Performance meets Psychology
…where Performance meets Psychology
A long time ago (don’t ask), one of my favourite teachers told me: ”Don’t just tell the reader what’s happening. Instead, SHOW them that something’s happening!” This was probably my first introduction to “Show, don’t tell!” Many years have passed since (blergh, I’m old), but I still use this concept when I write fiction. Not …
Someone asked me recently why I am not on TikTok, and that they’d love to see me provide content there. First of all: I am on TikTok. I signed up during the pandemic to watch people do the “Blinding lights”-dance challenge and replicate it with my daughter (here it is, in case you don’t remember): …
I’d like to talk about one of my favourite teaching and coaching tools today: Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions. As singers, we probably all know one thing: Feeling isn’t hard (we do it all the time), but being at ease with our feelings, and allowing ourselves to be vulnerable, is. We so often talk about “negative …
Today’s quote: The lessons you are meant to learn are in your work. To see them, you need only look at the work clearly — without judgment, without need or fear, without wishes or hopes. Without emotional expectations. Ask your work what it needs, not what you need. Then set aside your fears and listen, …
Most people would probably agree that rarely any of us reinvent the wheel. We are all surrounded by other people and their work, and they will undoubtedly influence our own creative process (otherwise we would have to walk around with blinkers and earplugs constantly). We often copy and then change until we feel the end-product …