I spent years trying to find and maintain what I had decided was the ideal emotional/physical state to be in, so that I could do my best acting work. I did all kinds of mantras, visualizations. And yes, I even carried crystals. I practiced relaxation techniques, I was rolfed, cranial massaged, and screamed in a […]
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I’ll Be In Recovery, Briefly.
I’ve been working on three different TV/movie/commercial/ sets in the past two weeks. And as a result I have to recover. Constantly. See, I make Boo Boos. My health is excellent by the way, so no worries. But I do flub a line from time to time. In the past, every time I made a […]
Continue ReadingOverly Trained Actors and New Age Addicts…
Overly trained actors and new age addicts are always trying to get centered. It’s time we put up our middle finger to being “centered” in the old sense of the word and give ourselves an updated definition. The old version of being centered… This is THE state to strive for. This is a specific state […]
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We just had an outstanding Committed Impulse workshop in Los Angeles last week. Here is one of the many emails I received a few days ago. I want to thank you for an amazing class and a new outlook on acting and life. You are phenomenal at what u do and how u do it. […]
Continue ReadingMy Acting Teacher’s Mantra Revealed…
The acting teacher that really changed my art and life was a lanky man from Texas named Clyde Vinson. If he were still around I’d send you all to his door. Alas, life is not always as long as we wish. I’m back. Clyde often repeated the mantra “The way you do things is the […]
Continue ReadingAre You Really A FOFS?
Last week we wrote down the crap that boomerangs in our heads. See: You May Not Like This We here at the Committed Impulse Laboratory for Presence Productivity and Creativity (CILPPC) have tallied the results. The scientists are slightly baffled. What is the truth about all these people with BHC (Boomeranging Head Crap)? Is all […]
Continue ReadingYou May Not Like This.
I have some potentially very bad news. Brace yourself for this. If you like to sit down before receiving bad news – then… I’ll wait… Before I get to the bad news, quick question. Are you kinda excited to hear the bad news? Titillated even? Doesn’t your mind kinda want some bad news? OK. Here […]
Continue ReadingDo Your Nerves Get The Best Of You? Try this…
Have you ever been in an audition or meeting or given a presentation and gone blind? I don’t mean permanently blind. More like short term blindness. Do you suffer from Short Term Blindness Syndrome (STBS)? Let me explain with a story about what’s happened to me on many an audition. I walk into the audition […]
Continue ReadingWhy You Should Let Go Of What You Want.
Years ago, after reading Shakti Gawain’s book Creative Visualization I set out on a path to create what I thought I wanted. Sometimes I got what I wanted. Sometimes I didn’t. When I did get what I wanted I gave my visualization powers credence. When I didn’t get what I wanted I denied I ever […]
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