One element of CI involves releasing layers of contraction that withhold your purest of creative impulses. This is what the life of an artist is about. We’re onion peelers. These days I am very curious about play. Playing. What is the connection between play and creativity? Do they go hand in hand as they go […]
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How to be centered
First off, you are centered. Your mind may go, “HUH??” or “NAH”, or “DUH, I KNOW.” Let’s dive in. At some point in human history someone came up with the notion of “being centered.” That sounds like a great thing to strive for. But that striving also set in motion the ridiculous concept that we […]
Continue ReadingHow to be sought out
“Hmmmm, do I jump into this CI stuff now, or maybe next year…?” If you’re interested in being sought out for the work you do best – and to be asked to stretch into new creative areas, you might want to consider snagging one of the remaining spots in the next 3 Month Coaching Program […]
Continue ReadingEssential acting tip from Merlin
HEADS UP MY FRIEND – there is a recounting of an intense violent story that happened many years ago in this transmission. I am telling it because there’s valuable insight for actors and public speakers included. I directed a documentary, 7TH STREET, about my experience growing up in Alphabet City, NYC. It was shot over […]
Continue ReadingLet the universe know you are ready for more
You ever achieved something, gotten a great new job, or had a sweet windfall? But then you had the thought, I shouldn’t share that. Maybe the thought was that someone would feel “less than” if you told them. Or maybe the thought was that revealing good fortune would make you prone to some kind of […]
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I’m very happy about it. But what will make me even happier is to hear when the same is happening for you. After spending a couple years writing and then promoting my book (Lose Your Mind: The Path to Creative Invincibility) finally in January I was ready to get back to my first creative love […]
Continue ReadingRobert Duvall’s Invite
You probably heard last week that the great Robert Duvall moved on. What a master of the craft. I had the honor to work with him on the film A Civil Action, directed by Steve Zaillian. It was one of the first studio movies I worked on. As a young actor I wanted to learn […]
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I got something for you to try. Give yourself a couple minutes to nourish. Nourish your creative spirit. Ten steps to presence: Feel anything in your body. Receive a breath into that area to feel it more. Discover what is around you as if seeing it for the first time. Let go of ‘knowing’ what […]
Continue ReadingYa mean the pauper vs prince paradigm?
Y’know, one thing that comes up with some of my coaching clients is the pauper vs prince paradigm. The neighborhood I grew up in, Alphabet City, was a very impoverished neighborhood. People were living on the edge. There were many artists, like my mom, who could only (barely) afford to live there. There was a […]
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