Every fiber of my five feet firecracker-ness wants to create and play ALL THE TIME. This childlike spirit has not only fueled my adult carrer but can be wonderful and contagious. Channeled correctly can move, inspire and be a dynamite tour de force, a shooting comet if you will.
This is obvi(ously- sorry I abbreviate everything) not just me but every artist in their prime create mojo-zone. Like a singer hitting a bflat ( may favorite belting and high note), a writer waxing eloquent about their rites of passages, a songwriter, a comedian nailing a set, well you get the reference.
Then there are the other times. The times where you bomb an audition, cant seem to get your creative mojo up to write so to speak and are like Ugh I am taking a break. You turn into Elaine Stritch at 24 and smoke a cigarette and stare at the bright eyed bushy tailed freshly graduated kids and say, "Ugh welcome to the grind you little bitches."
You get captured by the angst at your day job, babysitting snotty kids, catering for the rich and famous, doing extra work on "Gossip Girl" and wishing you were cast as Vanessa, and being generally angsty about having to actually pay your bills. Well guess what. We all have to do it!!! so I am here to say,
GET OVER IT SWEETHEART!!! That's a little tough love for you. ( I say this for me and for you)
We all have to work day jobs except people that have a trust fund, parents or spouses that support them. That's like one percent of the acting population. So this blog is about
BEING ABLE TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE ALL AT ONCE, and
FOCUSING YOUR FIERCENESS SO YOU CAN ACHIEVE YOUR CREATIVE GOALS, One step at a time......
Here's an example of what I am talking about. This was my yesterday, a day that could have been fraught with angst and resentment, but I turned it into fierceness
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF HAYLEY RAPHAEL Feb 18th....
(For purposes of time and interest, I did do other things on this particular day like catch up on Lost and fight with bank tellers, but I'll leave that out.)
MORNING:
1) Stumble through the village in the morning half awake on the search for the best Hazelnut coffee giggling to myself after a madcap Manhattan evening, which manifested itself in at least six different made for TV sitcom moments and worthy of a season one sex and the city episode.
Wrote it down for my blog and sketches keeping all names and people anonymous
2) Arrive at my day job which includes selling spa packages to unassuming college students. The entire time I pretended I was doing an on camera commercial and practiced not flailing about physically and dressed camera ready. Lemme tell you, I made four sales in two hours. My Paparazzi Perfect ( trademarked by Nyle Lynn Caisley-webisode coming soon) charmed the young ones and they opened their hearts and wallets to me.
Phone bill an Sat nite dinner and a movie funded by moi!
3) I meet the real life HITCH ( who looks like a mix between LL Cool J and Taye Diggs), who is a dating coach, actor and blogger. We hit it off immediately like two peas and a pod, and the next thing you know we spent an entire lunch break in a tete a tete about dating, etc, and are joined by five college students. Just picture LL Cool J (him) and a young Julia Louis Dreyfus (moi)hosting a sex and dating seminar and lecturing from two separate points.
LL offered me a spot to V-log on his blog and I will be
promoting him on my new blog- SchmucksntheCity
(copyrighted 2010)
3) Meet with my editor for Zoe and Max the first short I wrote, look at Zoe and Max and analyze the footage, trying with all my might to pick the best acting moments, and marvel at the difference between film and theatre acting.
NOTE FOR ALL THEATRE ACTORS THAT ARE ALWAYS TALKING
ABOUT DOING FILM- HERE IS A VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:
DO NOTHING
Then do less than nothing. Then do triple less than
nothing acting wise. Take all your emotions and put
it in your eyes. Congratulations, you are still doing too much.
4) Jotted down ideas for A, the second short of shooting comet productions. Found a co-writer. Jotted down prospective actors for casting session. Jotted down several non negotiable juicy lines
5) Meeting of the minds with my acting coach. We discuss where I realistically fit in the film/tv industry what roles I would be right for this moment. talk about ways in which to cut through the red sea of stuff to walk through and make a smooth segway into that universe using my theatre background as an asset
Before Mr Producer decides to give me my
own sitcom/comedy central show I would, make a great
Evil witness stand girl on Law and Order
Dog walker on Gossip Girl
Great commercial gal for soft drinks or an iPhone
THIS IS REALISTIC, ALL THESE FILM IN NYC!!! Hello!!
a) paid some bills
b) made headway on creative projects
c) made connections with other artists
d) made headway business wise
and had fun whilst I was doing it!!
So you see, this day could have been filled with frustration and angst all day but I channeled it correctly and took control of my career and life. Small steps, but at the end of the day I felt accomplished. I'm not freaking Polly positive all the time, and I don't wake up with the sun shining out of my tuchus every day, and neither does the universe. It's that I chose to take the day I had to survive and Overturned it into a day in which I thrived. And you can too you little creative munchkins..
So, what I want to know is, how do you turn a survival into a thrival?? Comment below.
Keep plugging away tigers!
Love and Support:)
Creative Sprite, aka Hayls
LINKS
Nyle Lynn Caisley: Acting coach http://www.paparazziprefect.blogs
Hashim Locario: Dating Coach http://www.mrlocario.com
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