When I’m developing a play or musical, I tend to stick my head up its butt and ignore the tense and divisive and sometimes horrible things happening in the world, which is both blessing and …
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Quick Check-in with World
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LORD HELP ME
IN AN ATTEMPT TO SOOTHE MY BRAINWHIR, I’VE BECOME A PERSON WHO WRITES PRAYERS AND AFFIRMATIONS (WHICH I’M COMING TO REALIZE ARE THE SAME THING) ON NOTECARDS AND PLACES THEM WHERE I CAN MOST FREQUENTLY …
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WHY TO GO TO THE DENTIST
I don’t know who went and told my dentist that I’m badly in need of positive affirmations these days, but this was yesterday: MY DENTIST, after examining my teeth: Wow. Everything’s looking great. You’re doing …
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WILL DO IT ALL
Ever since I went wide with our fertility struggles / welcomed friends and families and colleagues into my Uterus, I have received some really really beautiful notes of encouragement and gifts. I want to highlight …
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Placebo Organizer
I am now taking so many vitamins and supplements that I require a cheery little carrier. All doctor and FDA approved, I take one with food in the morning, one in the morning without food …
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Path to Healing
I can’t meditate for more than 3 minutes without getting distracted, and the few times I’ve done acupuncture I’ve just laid there watching the clock and wondering things like ‘Am I healing? Is it happening? …
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REWRITE
SUGGESTED AMENDMENT TO THIS ANTHEM OF EMPOWERMENT THAT KEEPS CIRCLING MY HEAD: WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU MAKES YOU FEEL DEAD. It’s like technically, you’re alive, but basically, you’re dead. Are you stronger? Maybe. But are …
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WHY TO BE CRAZY
I’ll admit that maybe I spend TOO much time in my head playing out worst case scenarios, versions of the world in which things go badly because you did not meticulously plan. Planning is, or …
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I am Guilty Of
There’s a thing I do, as a contemporary robot person with robot computer phone brain and human heart, that I would like to stop doing. And so, like most things that I don’t enjoy about …
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CAREFULLY LAID PLANS ARE HILARIOUS
Came back to NYC to see Cake one last time before press week, catch up with some friends, have some meetings, workshop my next play which is in THE MOST DIRE NEED OF WORK before …