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Monday Musing, 1/21/19

1/21/2019

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Hello Apprentices--

The Monday Musing is back from Holiday/Hand to God Hiatus. Huzzah.

Two cookies attached. First, a fun little sports nugget about Derek Jeter. Understand, I’m a lifelong Cardinals fan, and will ever and always root for whoever is playing the Yankees. But I can’t argue with this observation about Jeter. 
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That anecdote ties directly to the second attachment. A little phrase I have started to pepper my rehearsal room with is “practice makes practice.” I picked this up from my beloved Rebecca, who uses it in her yoga classes. She in turn picked it up from an instructor, Jaye Martin, who travels the world teaching yoga, but more importantly he LIVES it. (I can’t say with any certainty where he may have picked it up, but how lovely for something to live beyond its genesis…) Sure, the man can somehow do the splits forwards/backwards while also tucking his head under one leg and sticking his arms out like he’s flying while still talking in a normal demonstration voice. And he can do a literal headstand… I’ve seen it… no hands, just balancing straight up into the air… ON HIS HEAD… with a big ol’ smile on his face. But the only reason he can do these things is because he practices them EVERY DAY. It’s easy to say. It takes discipline and drive and humility to actually DO.

Practice makes practice.
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What you do every day… reflects your priorities. Reflects what you actually, truly WANT. 
Expertise manifests from one thing and one thing only… repetition.
Ultimately it doesn’t matter, from the audience’s point of view, how you are feeling. It matters only what you DO. And if you practice DAILY, then even on those days went you aren’t necessarily “feeling” it, you will still be able to DO it.

It’s 2019, Apprentices. Decide what you want, and then DO THE THING, daily, that will enable you to manifest that want into reality.
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Brenny link
1/21/2019 08:31:32 pm

Jason, I am moved and intrigued by this. It instigated a memory of something improv guru, Keith Johnstone, spoke about. He shared with us that he wanted to learn to draw faces. So, he set himself a goal to draw 500 faces. He drew and drew. Inevitably, he drew a series of accurate, beautifully rendered faces. He would say to himself, "I am going to draw 500 faces." He kept drawing. Inevitably, he drew a few that he struggled with, that he failed to draw well. He said to himself, "I am going to draw 500 faces." He drew and drew. He finished his 500 faces. Then he realized, "Oh! I'm going to draw 10,000 faces." I cannot express how deeply this story moves and motivates me. I want to explore scenes and plays and moments 10,000 times. In 10,000 performances. With directors like you, Jason. Or, simply, you, Jason. We've got some practice to practice! #resultsbedamned #painistemporary #successistemporary

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