A beautiful fall Sunday!

I spent some time this weekend with a couple of the pieces that I rediscovered (see last posting) and found that a) one of them isn't really right to merge into the other, but b) the other one is something I think I can spend some time with and make it better.

Not that column A is bad, it just isn't as close a fit as I thought it might be, multiple characters, multiple story lines, it does have some potential, but it's not really something that i want to tackle just yet. Column B however I read today and made some changes and generally thought about it as stage pictures and as a play with some soul with a theme that is close to my heart (but I won't divulge because it supposed to be a surprise!) So here we go again, right?

It's a big commitment working on a play, you have to spend hours upon hours with it, get it from beginning to end, and then basically tear it down and rebuild it . . . and then, you never know how it will sound coming out of actors' mouths . . . but you do it for the right reasons and the obsession is absolutely worthwhile. And that's what it is when you find a play that you really feel inspired to be working on, an obsession. you think about it when you're sleeping, working, eating, showering you get the idea . . . it takes over and has a life of its own, and the characters say things you didn't expect them to say and then the other character responds in a way you maybe didn't expect . . . it's all so mystical in a way, magical and just plain wonderful. It's like being caught in a wave breaking in the ocean and you have no control over what happens you just give yourself over to the moment in the knowledge that everything will be just fine ... well, of course, people do get hurt in particularly treacherous waves; I'm not so sure anyone has gotten scraped up too badly writing a play! But you get the idea; you get swept away into lives and worlds that you imagine and when it's firing on all cylinders it's truly breath taking. It's like plugging into the great energy of the universe and seeing what comes through to you . . . if that sounds too metaphysical well then too damn bad, but that's how I feel about it. We all live in a state of varying degrees of transcendence and when you open yourself to being a conduit for whatever is out there, special things can come from you. You just have to sit down and block out all your distractions, and allow it to happen . . . and when it does . . . don't think about it at all, just boldly step into the stream and see where it takes you.

I'm getting close to jumping in again, and I can't wait to see where it goes!