don't think...

...just do it. God, what a concept, right? Throughout my performance career, especially in dance, the most deeply connected work I have done has been when I stop thinking about what I am doing, what other people are thinking, the WAY that I HAVE to say the line so that I can drive it home for the audience, and learned that trusting my deep creative instincts and focusing on the feelings that are driving my performance makes for a much more compelling performance. Most recently, salsa dancing has driven this point home for me; I am not allowed to think. Someone else thinks for me. It drives my mind INSANE. But after a good dance, after being deeply connected with another human being for 5 minutes without thought and literally through the feeling of a connection, pushing and pulling in the fingertips, words never do justice to the sensations in my body. And not only do I focus on feeling throughout the dance, but the music and the motion of the bodies create a story that words would never. And my computer is going to die in 60 seconds, but more on this later