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January 13, 2005
Why am I doing this stuff again?
I've been having one of my periodic "What, again, was the point of doing this theater stuff?" moods, combined with an (un)healthy dose of "people the same age as me are much more successful than I am". And if I don't know what my goals are, then how can I compare myself to anyone, even in an unhealthy fashion?
Of course, I have a lot of fun being on stage. And that's likely reason enough. But then I feel like if I planned out some of the ways and times I get on stage, I could increase that fun, but I'm a little bit of a loss about how exactly that will out pan out.
And then I have to wade through conversations like I had with one of my New York-based coworkers at lunch who can't seem to grasp that just doing it for fun might be enough and keeps giving me off-the-wall suggestions of the ways I could be making money with this comedy stuff. "There's a market for cheap sitcoms!" "Ummm... OK. I'll keep that in mind."
So let's just throw here some links to some stuff I've been thinking about in association with this stuff:
Danny O'Brien asks the musical question, How many people do you need to be famous for? looking at the notion of thinly distributed fame.
Ani DiFranco on success
Hugh MacLeod's How to Be creative
Dave Eggers on "Keeping it Real" (or here)
Jesus Jones' Mike Edwards on cashing in vs. selling out
Posted by Fuzzy at January 13, 2005 12:33 PM
Comments
Here are some reasons why you do theater:
1. You meet hot girls like your hawt girlfriend.
2. You get to hang out with sexy girls and watch them take their clothes off for free.
3. You get to explore the gay side of your relationship with Shaun without actually getting it on with him.
4. Copious amounts of free booze.
5. Instantly becoming hella interesting at office parties and other social occasions where normal people meet.
Of course, take the whole "fame and fortune" thing with a grain of salt since you live comfortably in a condo that you can actual pay for, have a job that gives you money and health insurance and aren't an asshole because of said "fame and fortune." If you wanted the fame, you could scrap all that and focus on your art.
Aren't you like a rockstar in New Zealand or something?
Posted by: Meat Kitten at January 13, 2005 4:50 PM