This is the Year!

So much is happening!!!

I took pictures for my agent. I was able to do a 7 hr shoot of 12 looks for an unbeatable price and I'm stoked with how the photos turned out! I have specific casting looks which will help me out a lot I feel. I'm trying to sort out the top ten of each look, but even that is proving to be a project. I'm excited to bring them to my agent and go from there.

I took a break from improv group for Christmas and New Years. We resume this week with our improv group. I'm so excited for how it is growing. We are really learning each other which makes us stronger as a team.

Tonight I went to a class to work a scene with a friend of a friend. We are both doing a manager workshop in two days and so her acting teacher coached our scene this evening. So, I got to semi-audit the class for free! I loved it. After my little acting class break for a few months, I was able to look at it with fresh eyes and I was reminded of why I do what I do. Sometimes, just for the art of it, for the fun rehearsals, for the growth and stretching. It's all so fun and fascinating to me! We are doing a scene from the female version of the odd couple, which is a fun script. He helped direct us to the style of how it is written and to heighten the stakes and focus our energy and voice. It felt like a work out, but so rewarding. We are going too trim the scene a little so we can "bam" when we perform.. you know? Anyway, I was reminded of how much I do actually know about acting. I sometimes forget I studied it for years because I'm so "green" in the industry.

Well, I'm exercising my acting muscles. The next thing is to get those auditions rolling and book, book, book. I was speaking with a mentor figure today in the center where my partner and I practiced before class and she said something that struck me: "The entertainment business in LA is designed to break you, to tear you down, but even when you're all torn up, if you keep going, something's gotta give." She took a break for a couple years because of life. We never stop being artists. At least I probably never will. I will continue to do what makes me happy in class or theatre or elsewhere, even if I can't make a ton of money at it and I've decided that I'm okay with that. If something bigger does happen, it's all a bonus. That perspective has helped me persevere here. I made the decision that I want to be a great actress. People may not see it yet, but they will.